Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (2002)

Director:

Peter Spirer

Writers:

Hafiz Farid (writer)
Peter Spirer (writer)

Release Date:

March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

Documentary examining the politics, music, and life of Tupac Shakur. |

Cast

The Notorious B.I.G.	...	Himself (archive footage)
Anthony 'Treach' Criss	...	Himself (as Treach)
Davey D	...	Himself
Snoop Dogg	...	Himself
Yafeu Fula	...	Himself (archive footage)
Atron Gregory	...	Himself
David Hilliard	...	Himself
Johnny J	...	Himself
Rashida Jones	...	Herself
Martin Luther King	...	Himself (archive footage)
Marion 'Suge' Knight	...	Himself
Money-B	...	Himself
Grand Puba	...	Himself
Tupac Shakur	...	Himself (archive footage)
Shock-G	...	Himself
Leila Steinberg	...	Herself
Malcolm X	...	Himself (archive footage)

Also Known As:

Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel - The Life of an Outlaw (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R13

Company:

QD3 Entertainment

Quotes:

Shock-G: All of the Biggie versus Pac heads... First of all, Biggie's gonna win hands down if you're talking flow. Strictly from a rhythm standpoint, Biggie is a swinger. He swings like a horn player over jazz. "B-I, G-P-O, P-P-A, no-in-fo, for-the, D-E-A". He put more emphasis on the "uh-UH, uh-UH-uh...

Good, but not that good.

Thug Angel is QD3's/Afeni/The Shakur Estate's attempt to turn Tupac's bad public image around and show you all the good things about him, hence, Thug Angel. What the media portrayed to you wasn't Tupac, he wasn't a gangsta, he wasn't a bad person. He loved the community, he loved kids, he even turned his car around driving to the airport because he heard about a little girl getting mauled by a dog on the radio and went to the hospital to offer his support, now that's being REAL. But.... other than that, Thug Angel fails as much as it succeeds. The young 17/18 year old Tupac interview is great, he's talking about changing the world, making it a better place, talking about giving women respect, once he even heard a guy call a woman the 'B word' as he says, but then the next interview he's high off weed and hennessy and eating pizza and cussing women, it's the total opposite of what he just said and often you will find the stories and messages contradicting themselves a lot. The interviews, especially Treach's camera/bedroom incident are HILARIOUS, this isn't as good as maybe Thug Immortal, but still as Afeni milks Tupac for all he's worth, they still have about 24 hours of footage left to milk out, so expect a few more videos to come.