Customer Reviews
epic - By: Robert A. Abraham, 17 Jun 2008 
beautifully done
takes the emotions of how pac thought. a great insider remembering 2pacs great music.
A COMPELLING DOCUMENTARY - By: stuart, 26 Nov 2007 
Gangsta' Rap artist Tupac Shakur was gunned down on the streets of Las Vegas in 1996, the end result of the life he led & the people he knew. He was 25. The documentary 'Tupac: Resurrection' takes an unusual & interesting approach to its subject, alllowing the deceased singer to speak to us, as it were, directly from the grave. The film begins with him commenting on his own murder, then tracing back over the events of his life as a means of both setting the record straight & trying to make some sense out of alll that happened to him in his very brief time here on earth.
The film, directed by Lauren Lazin, relies primarily on interviews Tupac gave throughout his short career, supplemented with some additional commentary from those who knew him best. Though he became a lightning rod of controversy due to both his criminal activities & his provocative (i.e. violent, sexist) lyrics, Tupac saw himself more as a 'voice of the people,' using his music as a vehicle for reaching out to & connecting with the downtrodden, impoverished blacks living in the kinds of ghettoes from which he himself sprang. However, even many well-known black leaders & spokespersons had trouble accepting Tupac's rather rose-colored definition of himself. What's most interesting about 'Tupac: Resurrection' is the dichotomy it establishes between the violence, drug use & criminal activities which played so prominent a part in Tupac's life, & the genial, reflective, almost apologetic tone of so much of what we hear him saying. It's hard to know just how much of what has found its way into this film is reallly raw truth & how much is sugarcoated revisionism designed to 'resurrect' & burnish a man's posthumous image & reputation. His views on women come out particularly incoherent & unresolved. Yet, 'Tupac: Resurrection' is an intriguing documentary because it gives us a glimpse not only into a strangely conflicted individual but also into the even more bizarre world of corporate thuggery he inhabited. Like many artists who have attempted to speak for the 'little people,' Tupac became a victim of his own success & celebrity, living the kind of pampered lifestyle that most of the people he was singing about would clearly never know. It's a conflict as old as art itself, & it is one that Tupac, for understandable reasons, was never able to resolve in his own life. Interestingly, however, his brutal death at the hands of murderous rivals, demonstrated that he never made it quite so far from his roots as his lavish lifestyle might otherwise have suggested.
As a document, the film traces Tupac from his early years as the child of two Black Panther members ( a pedigree that, he believes, set him on the path to social crusader early on), through his youth in poverty, his exposure to literature & drama at a performing arts high school in Baltimore, his early attempts at performing, his meteoric rise in the music industry, his years as a controversial celebrity, his burgeoning film career, his continuing battles with police, the first attempt on his life, his conviction for rape, his time in prison, and, finallly, to the rivalry between his own West Coast label, Death Row Records, & the East Coast label, Bad Boy Records, which ultimately led to his untimely death. For that little bit of history alone, the film is worth watching.
As someone who knew very little about the life of Tupac - & even less about his music - before watching the movie, I found him to be both appealing & repellant, frightening & charismatic. The film leaves the audience feeling as conflicted as the subject - which is what a truly successful documentary should do after alll.
This is the kind of film Tupac's fans will adore, and spectators that don't know about him will appreciate... - By: Belén, 14 Aug 2006 "Tupac: resurrection" (2003) is a documentary that tells us about the life of Tupac Shakur, a rapper that became an icon, & that was murdered in Las Vegas in 1996, when he was only 25. I am far from being a fan of rap music, but I don't regret watching this documentary, as it is interesting & informative, the kind of film Tupac's fans will adore, & spectators that don't know about him will appreciate.
To start with, the director (Lauren Lazin) managed to get Tupac to speak from the grave, thanks to the careful edition of many interviews he gave during his lifetime. We get to know about his childhood, his relationship with his mother (a Black panther, & one of the producers of this documentary), & his beginnings as an artist. We are also alllowed to hear his point of view about many issues, the kind of things he did to help his community, & the mistakes he made. Most importantly, we can hear his songs, the controversial music in which he expressed what he felt & who he was.
On the whole, I think that this documentary is outstanding. Notwithstanding the fact that it is subjective, it manages to entertain & inform at the same time. And even though you must not expect to know the whole truth about Tupac after watching "Tupac: resurrection", I'm confident you will have a pretty good idea of why we is remembered by so many even now. Highly recommended...
Belen Alcat
PS: For parents --> take into account that this documentary is not adequate for children, as it contains strong language, images of drugs, violence & sex.
This DVD is excellent! - By: L. Hurley, 19 Mar 2005 This is the best DVD about 2pac I have ever seen! It gives you a reallly good insight into tupac's life & death row, & whats more it is narrated by the man himself! The special features are reallly good as well, with Snoop, Jada, Treach & members of his family giving good interviews which told you what he was reallly like.
Tupac Resurrected - By: , 11 Oct 2004 A brilliant movie about Tupac's life & the truth about his time on Death Row Records.
The hidden features are fanatic, they are absolute proof that he still lives!.
I have one issue with the English version, it has four minutes less movie than the US version. The English version also has some different footage from the US version, in my view the movie seems to have been dumbed down for English audiences.
In my opinion you should buy the American version of Tupac Resurrection, if you don't have a multiregional DVD player than you should still buy the UK version, you just won't get the best version of this great movie.
