A by-the-numbers approach
All Eyez on Me2 starsDirector: Benny BoomStars: Demetrius Shipp Jr, Danai Gurira, Kat GrahamDuration: 139 minsClass: 15KRS Releasing Ltd
Hot on the heels of last year’s critical and commercial hit Straight Outta Compton, which charted the successes and failures of gangsta rap group N.W.A., comes All Eyez on Me, a biopic of rapper Tupac Shakur (Demetrius Shipp Jr), who was shot dead aged 25 in 1996.
I will confess that I’m not a connoisseur of Shakur’s music or world yet and by the end of the film I was none the wiser about his life as a man or an artist. The film follows a classic... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.