Like his previous documentary Kurt and Courtney (about Cobain's suicide and Courtney Love's involvement), Broomfield takes a pretty fairly scattershot approach to the subject matter - interviewing anybody under the sun who's willing to talk about the case and the people involved. In the matter of the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, Broomfield does manage to interview some fairly credible people including Wallace's mother and the lead detective assigned to the case. Detective Poole, a pudgy cop with a slightly disturbing manner, retired quite publicly as his investigation lead to the involvement of LAPD officers in the deaths of Wallace and Shakur and the cover-up afterwards.

The hypothesized cover-up does coincide with the LAPD Rampart Division Gang unit scandal, in which a number of police officers were indited on corruption and drug smuggling, among other things. Many of the same police officers are named in this movie, so this theory isn't being pulled out of thin air. Many worked for Suge Knight's Death Row Records, and some for Tupac. Which brings us to Suge.

The interview with Suge Knight starts on a strange note, but then slowly turns to rants of 'rats' and punks on the street who are snitches. He's not stupid enough to indict himself by any means, but you come to realize that the literally large character looming over the horizon in Biggie and Tupac is absolutely capable of such acts that are alluded to in the movie.

Broomfield is pretty clear about who he believes was involved in both deaths, and he lets the facts speak for themselves. With all the theories, Biggie and Tupac is fairly muddled - but after a few repeated viewings, you start to sense the thrust of the idea. You get it. You understand why they were murdered and who had the most to gain. I won't ruin it by divulging any more information about the general idea, but it's quite clear - there's a lot of people hiding a lot of information.

Movie Grade: B

Video: 3 out of 5
It's shot handheld on 16 mm with an often dirty gate so don't expect much. It is what it is.
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1

Audio: 3 out of 5
Who cares? It's a documentary. The bass on the hip-hop is nice for a 2.0 presentation.
English (Dolby 2.0)