My high expectations were surpassed

Rating: 9/10 (8 November 2001)

I went into this film with expectations that I assumed were too high. But from the opening shot, the film had me hooked and never let me down. There were only a couple places where I was able to start dissecting it, but then the plot would pick up again right away and I'd be engaged. This is a great work of fiction based on events that could actually occur and people who probably exist. After reading a certain "Rolling Stone" article the summer before the film was released about the Death Row Records/Rampart Scandal, I felt that a film like this should be made. And it was. (Albeit without the record label angle.) The acting, directing, writing, and cinematography are all top-notch.