Gridlock'd

Gridlock’d (1997)

• Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Tim Roth – The Liability, To Kill a King, Rob Roy, Pulp Fiction, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
• Thandie Newton – Crash, Beloved, Interview with a Vampire
• Why? Tim Roth, liked it the first time
• Seen:  Once before. Now 28 March 2020      

       Cookie (Newton) OD’s on New Year’s Eve. In panic Stretch (Roth) and Spoon (Shakur) get her to the hospital.

       Flashback to the trio’s friendship. They’re musicians.

       Back to the present. The doctor says she might die. Spoon decides to kick the habit, but the life of a junkie is not easy. Bureaucratic run-arounds, poverty, murderous dealers, angry cops.

       Loads of fun, right? Actually, it is funny, and sad. Roth, Shakur and Newton are solid.

4 * of 5