Gang Related 1997 123movies

Watch: Gang Related 1997 123movies, Full Movie Online – Two corrupt cops murder an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching witnesses, and improvising to keep their desperate scheme from unraveling..
Plot: Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame the crimes on street gangs. Their scheme is going along smoothly until they kill an undercover DEA agent posing as a dealer, and then try to cover-up their crime.
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Ratings:

	6.4/10 Votes: 9,199
	53% | RottenTomatoes
	49/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 114 Popularity: 10.307 | TMDB

Reviews:

A gritty crime thriller.
Gang Related had a great premise, which was enough to get me to want to see it. James Belushi (K-9, Race the Sun) and the late Tupac Shakur (Gridlocked, Poetic Justice) play two corrupt cops. They sell stolen drugs, kill the guy they sold it to, take the drugs & money, and label the crime as gang related. This has worked for the first ten times, but the 11th doesn’t. The 11th guy they killed, turned out to be an undercover cop. So the two are put in charge of finding the killer. So knowing that they themselves killed him and could be in huge trouble, they begin to look for possible candidates to take the fall. Eventually they decide on a homeless man, wonderfully played by an unrecognizable Dennis Quaid (Switchback, Dragonheart). They then get Belushi’s girlfriend and stripper, Lela Rochon (Waiting to Exhale, The Chamber) to testify against him. Soon though things don’t work out as Rochon starts to lose confidence and more evidence comes out about the mysterious homeless man. Belushi and Shakur start to lose their trust and confidence with each other. This is a well-written film with some great dialogue and an awesome ending. James Belushi is great as the mastermind behind the plot and the one who won’t give up. Tupac Shakur is just as good (in his final role) as the partner who has at least some sort of a conscience. Rochon is good. Fine support work is turned in by James Earl Jones and David Paymer as Quaid’s lawyers. I highly recommend this movie. Rated R: (violence, language, nudity)

Middling drama with top-flight cast
GANG RELATED

Aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Sound format: DTS

James Belushi lifted himself out of his career doldrums just long enough to appear in this hard-bitten cop thriller alongside gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur, wherein they play rogue cops who supplement their income by murdering drug dealers and stealing their cash, passing off each crime as ‘gang related’ incidents. However, this nasty little scam goes pear-shaped when their latest victim (Gregory Scott Cummins) turns out to be an undercover DEA agent, and the guy on whom they try to pin the blame – an alcoholic vagrant (Dennis Quaid) – turns out to have a secret identity of his own. Then things become REALLY unpleasant…

Writer-director Jim Kouf and cinematographer Brian J. Reynolds make little use of the widescreen format, but the film’s lack of visual style is somewhat redeemed by its breakneck pace and impressive performances, most notably Belushi and Shakur in dark, multi-faceted roles, and Lela Rochon as their former accomplice, a frightened stripper whose involvement in Belushi’s criminal misdeeds places her in mortal jeopardy. James Earl Jones is the famous defence attorney who takes up Quaid’s case as soon as the latter’s identity is confirmed, and a gaunt-looking Gary Cole provides solid back-up as a dedicated DEA agent determined to nail those responsible for Cummins’ death. There’s also a pretty fine twist in the tale, in which one of the characters gets what he/she richly deserves, though the wrap-up is perhaps a little too neat for its own good.

Sadly, the movie is dedicated to the memory of Shakur, who was shot and killed in a drive-by incident during the film’s post-production process; on this evidence, he was clearly a natural actor and had the makings of a major Hollywood star.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 56 min (116 min), 1 hr 51 min (111 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Crime, Drama
Director Jim Kouf
Writer Jim Kouf
Actors Jim Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision 320T 5277, Vision 500T 5279)
Cinematographic Process Super 35
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)