City of Lies

Movies Viewed in 2021 (630 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: October 9th Via: iTunes Store Plot: Former LAPD Detective Russell Poole meets a journalist and recounts his experiences trying to get justice for the murders of rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Rating: 7.0/10"

An average movie

“I wasn’t expecting much from the damned thing but since it was starring Johnny Depp, I was still eager to check it out. Well, I won’t blame Brad Furman who’s a solid director as the whole thing looked decent enough and I think he did what he could with this material. Indeed, to be honest, the main issue I had was that I really struggled to care about this story. Seriously, I mean no offense but how many movies about the Notorious B.I.G. do we really need?!? Only a few months ago, I already saw on Netflix the most recent documentary about the rapper. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, the conclusion was that Suge Knight was (probably) behind this murder. Wow… Wasn’t it something that was common knowledge for almost 20 years? However, the movie didn’t really focus on him bu” read more