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Gangland - Cops unter Beschuß

Originaltitel: Gang Related
  • 1997
  • 16
  • 1 Std. 56 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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10.872
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Gangland - Cops unter Beschuß (1997)
Home Video Trailer from Orion Pictures
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GangsterPolizeiliches VerfahrenPolizistendramaActionDramaKriminalitätRomanzeThriller

Nach der Ermordung eines Undercover-DEA-Agenten drängen sich zwei korrupte Polizisten, um ihre Taten zu vertuschen.Nach der Ermordung eines Undercover-DEA-Agenten drängen sich zwei korrupte Polizisten, um ihre Taten zu vertuschen.Nach der Ermordung eines Undercover-DEA-Agenten drängen sich zwei korrupte Polizisten, um ihre Taten zu vertuschen.

  • Regie
    • Jim Kouf
  • Drehbuch
    • Jim Kouf
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Jim Belushi
    • Tupac Shakur
    • Lela Rochon
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    6,4/10
    10.872
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    • Regie
      • Jim Kouf
    • Drehbuch
      • Jim Kouf
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Jim Belushi
      • Tupac Shakur
      • Lela Rochon
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    • 49Metascore
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    Jim Belushi
    Jim Belushi
    • Det. Frank Divinci
    • (as James Belushi)
    Tupac Shakur
    Tupac Shakur
    • Det. Rodriguez
    Lela Rochon
    Lela Rochon
    • Cynthia Webb
    Dennis Quaid
    Dennis Quaid
    • Joe Doe…
    James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones
    • Arthur Baylor
    David Paymer
    David Paymer
    • Elliot Goff
    Wendy Crewson
    Wendy Crewson
    • Helen Eden
    Gary Cole
    Gary Cole
    • Richard Simms
    Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
    Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
    • Manny Landrew
    Brad Greenquist
    Brad Greenquist
    • Richard Stein
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    • Capt. Henderson
    Kool Moe Dee
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    • Lionel Hudd
    Victor Love
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    Perry Anzilotti
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    Gregory Scott Cummins
    Gregory Scott Cummins
    • Clyde David Dunner
    Tom Lister Jr.
    Tom Lister Jr.
    • Cutlass Supreme
    • (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister)
    Thomas Mills
    Thomas Mills
    • Patrolman Mahomey
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      • Jim Kouf
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      • Jim Kouf
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    bob the moo

    By the numbers but made more enjoyable by many famous faces and several good performances

    Detectives Divinci and Rodriguez are crooked cops involved in dealing drugs and murdering the competition. When one of their victims turns out to be an undercover DEA agent, they are put on the case to find the murderer. With DEA agent Richard Simms desperate to get the killer, Divinci and Rodriguez realize that they have to frame someone else for the crime. Settling on homeless man 'Joe', they give him drink, get him to sign a statement and falsify the evidence to make a strong enough case to convict.

    I had half wanted to see this film for a few years simply because I am keen to take the few chances I have to try see Tupac acting – for me he was the saviour of Poetic Justice and he is much better than the vast majority of the hip hop 'actors' we have seen recently. The plot here is pretty much a standard thriller plot based around two dirty cops and, although it lacks real flair or imagination, it still manages to do its job and be an enjoyable and occasionally quite gritty little thriller. It could have done with a greater sense of tension though, for the majority of the time it merely unfolds as opposed to being fast paced or very exciting but it is still an enjoyable enough little film even if it pretty much goes where you expect it to.

    The cast is a big factor in making this film more interesting and making it rise above the other genre films that it will be competing with on the bottom shelf. Belushi has been in more than his fair share of sh*t video thrillers but here he is actually quite good and seems comfortable with material that, although not great, is certainly nowhere near the low level that he is getting used to. In his last film, Tupac is great and he should be a role model for all hip hop stars who want to act – even just in the choice of role he gives a great example – can you imagine many other rappers playing a corrupt cop with as little glamour as Tupac had? Snoop is a fine example, his last few roles have been versions of the caricature he plays in his music and many other rappers do the same – trading on their image rather than acting. Tupac is far from his gangsta image and he delivers a very down to earth performance – as with several other of his films he made this better by his presence. The gorgeous Lela Rochon is given an eye candy role at the start but she is able enough to make a good performance out of it (as well as having a body and looks to die for!). The smaller roles add the feeling of cast depth even if some of them add little else. Quaid for example has so little to do you wonder why he bothered – he feels like he should be a bigger part of the film but he isn't. For the opposite reason Jones, Cole and Paymer are all quite good because they are minor roles and they just feel like quality padding.

    Overall this is not a particularly earth shattering thriller but it does its job well enough and I found it pretty enjoyable. A well-known cast certainly helps to make the material rise slightly above the rest of its genre but it is a great performance by Tupac in a different role that made it for me; if only other rappers were less afraid of their image when making role choices then we may not be experiencing a wave of awful blaxploitation films all over again.
    7jmorrison-2

    Better than expected

    Much better movie than I expected. Jim Belushi and Tupac Shakur have a good chemistry as 2 crooked, conflicted cops. Tupac Shakur actually played a very good character as the increasingly troubled cop. He was willing to bend some rules, and put some money in his pocket, but things have now gone entirely too far for him. Jim Belushi plays a morally dumb cop who continues to make the situation worse, and continues to believe he can probably manipulate his way out of anything.

    Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones and Lela Rochon were all excellent.

    I didn't expect too much from this, but I was drawn into a well-done, well-acted movie.
    6SnoopyStyle

    nice work from Tupac

    Corrupt cops Frank Divinci (James Belushi) and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) kill a drug dealer to rob him with stripper Cynthia Webb (Lela Rochon). Rodriguez owes a large gambling debt to a loan shark. Divinci and Rodriguez are assigned to investigate the murder of the drug dealer who turns out to be an undercover DEA agent. They frame a homeless man (Dennis Quaid) for the crime. The cover-up becomes more and more complicated.

    This is an interesting little crime drama. The Dunner trial should be extended because that provides some of the tension. He gets off and is never heard from again. The various story threads should combine and cross until the whole thing blows up at the climax. Belushi does bombastic but he needs more desperation. Tupac is pretty good and shows that he could have been an interesting actor if he lived.
    7view_and_review

    Tupac Steps Up His Game

    I'm surprised that I actually liked this movie. Tupac made some good music, but his acting left a lot to be desired. I didn't like "Juice" or "Above the Rim" and I simply tolerated "Poetic Justice." "Gang Related" showed a maturation. I'm not ready to hand Tupac the Oscar, but it was refreshing to see him in a role other than a mere thug.

    As for Jim Belushi: he's not high on my list of quality actors either.

    Belushi and Tupac play two cops: Frank Divinci and Rodriguez. The movie begins with them killing a guy they just sold drugs to. It was a ruse they set up in order to rob drug dealers. Their plan was to simply brand the murder gang related and be done with it--no one cares about drug dealers and gang bangers anyway right? Well, it turns out that the suspected drug dealer was a DEA agent and the case wasn't going to be so easily dismissed. Now Divinci and Rodriguez needed a patsy to pin the murder on. Divinci thought he hit the jackpot when he found a homeless man (Dennis Quaid) outside his girlfriend's house. He could pin the rap on him, get his GF, Cynthia Watt (Lela Rochon), to be a witness and everything would be OK, right? Wrong!

    This tale of police corruption in an anonymous metropolitan city got on one track and didn't fall off. It remained consistent and committed to the plot it latched onto. The two main characters, while corrupt and deserving of any ill-fate that came their way, were still somewhat likeable. A tiny part of me wanted to see the two of them escape their perilous predicament. The movie wasn't incredibly suspenseful, but it was intriguing and able to hold my attention which is much better than a lot of movies.
    7Movie-12

    Surprisingly effective film--gritty style and violent content are appropriate here. *** out of ***

    GANG RELATED (1997) ***

    Starring: James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones, and David Paymer Written and directed by: Jim Kouf Running Time: 106 minutes Rated R (for strong pervasive language, violence, sexual situations, and some nudity)

    By Blake French:

    My expectations for "Gang Related" weren't exactly peak high when I decided to screen it. The production just didn't look like anything new to be added into the gritty undercover street cop genre. I was wrong, and the film is somewhat original. I liked the film and its gritty ghetto style it is shot in. I recommend it to those of you looking for a violence action picture with an attitude.

    The film's setup begins a little week, but then triggers a series of unpredictable events that connect to each other in a distributive fashion. The two main characters are FBI agents Divinci (James Belushi), and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur). They are corrupt cops, taking the law into their own hands in many cases, sometimes resulting in murder. One night, Divinci and Rodriguez undercover a drug bust that ends in them shooting the seeming criminal dead. As it turns out, the so called drug lord was actually an undercover cop.

    The movie's intentions are clear from the first act; we are watching a story from the bad guys point of view. It is an unconventional idea. The opening contains to little dramatic material to go much anywhere, so the rest of the film much hinge of from it. We meet two characters, receive some development that explains to us these are down on their luck, profane, unrighteous individuals, and are then propelled into the rest of the plot, which basically details the complications of the villain's bad choices.

    Once Divinci and Rodriguez learn the identity of the man they brutally killed, they panic. Their first intentions. Since they are the cops assigned to this high pressure case, that they will need to come up with a either a criminal suspect who will plead guilty to their dastardly deed, or frame a crime friendly fellow who can't prove he didn't commit their murder. In the streets they come from, crime and murder is an everyday occurrence, so their plans should work out a-okay...right.

    I really liked where the film goes from here: In desperation, Divinci and Rodriguez decide to frame a homeless bum for their murderous crime, played tremendously convincing by Dennis Quaid. The bearded man selected is so out of it, he doesn't even remember his name. So our two incisive corrupters give him a name, plant evidence, explain to him a story which he believes happened, and bribe him to confession.

    Characters who enter the story afterward are Cynthia (Lela Rochon), a stripper who is persuaded to lend a deceitful but helping hand to Divinci and Rodriguez, powerful lawyer Arthur Baylor James (Earl Jones), who comes to the rescue of the bum's hopeless defense, and another "lesser" lawyer named Elliot Goff (David Paymer).

    "Gang Related" contains a story that is as involving and intriguing as any action picture in the last several years. It uncommonly has unpredictable elements inside. The complication of the conflict are tense and involving as the characters sink themselves into a deeper pit of despair and trouble. But one thing came across my mind as I watched Divinci and Rodriguez work up a taut sweat as they make life or death cover up choices, why don't they just flee the country?

    Jim Kouf, who wrote and directed this final film to star the late Tupac Shakur, observes decent performances with the strong dramatic impulse manifested. He holds nothing back, and at times goes over the edge a little in his style of direction. The atmosphere created in "Gang Related" is abrasive, pervasive, and indiscreetly tough. But with such a movie titled "Gang Related," what would you expect?

    Brought to you by Orion Pictures.

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    Romanze
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    • Wissenswertes
      The spiky onscreen relationship between Jim Belushi and Tupac Shakur was helped offscreen by the fact that Shakur liked to nail his scenes in one or two takes, and was annoyed by Belushi preferring to do it in multiple takes.
    • Patzer
      Before Frank pulls up to Manny's for the first time, you can see a blue sandbag on the curb, marking the spot where Jim Belushi is to stop the car at the proper spot so as to be within the camera frame.
    • Zitate

      [Baylor is questioning Cynthia Webb in court]

      Helen Eden: Objection! Mr. Baylor is purposely trying to confuse the witness.

      Arthur Baylor: I am *not* trying to confuse the witness; the *witness* has been trying to confuse *this court*!

    • Crazy Credits
      Dedicated to Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Seven Years in Tibet/RocketMan/Boogie Nights/Gang Related/Washington Square (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Lost Souls
      Written by Tupac Shakur, Noble and E.D.I., D. Frank & M. Murphy

      Performed by 2Pac featuring Noble and E.D.I.

      Artists courtesy of The "Untouchable" Death Row Records

      Contains an interpolation of "Don't disturb this groove"

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 8. Oktober 1997 (Vereinigte Staaten)
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      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
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      • Gang Related
    • Drehorte
      • Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Orion Pictures
      • Kouf/Bigelow Productions
      • Blue Rider Pictures
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    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 5.906.773 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 2.443.237 $
      • 12. Okt. 1997
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 5.906.773 $
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