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Gang Related
Gang Related, alternatively known as Criminal Intent, is a 1997 American action crime film written and directed by Jim Kouf, and starring James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, Lela Rochon, David Paymer, and James Earl Jones. It follows two corrupt cops, attempting to frame a homeless man for the death of an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent that they killed.
Vice squad detectives Frank Divinci and Jake Rodriguez set up narcotics runner Lionel Hudd in a bogus drug trafficking deal at a motel. They murder Hudd and pocket his money. Having recovered the cocaine Hudd purchased from them, the detectives return both that and the murder weapon, a customized .44 magnum, to the evidence room at their headquarters. Divinci and Rodriguez learn that Hudd was actually a deep cover DEA agent when his partner, Richard Simms, visits their precinct to investigate Hudd's murder. The two detectives resolve to find someone they can frame for Hudd's murder.
The detectives choose a homeless drunk named Joe Doe, and trick him into confessing to the crime. Needing a witness, Divinci and Rodriguez press stripper Cynthia Webb, with whom Divinci has been cheating on his wife, into picking Joe out of a police lineup. It turns out Joe is actually William Dane McCall, a physician hailing from a wealthy family, who has been missing and presumed dead for years. The family's lawyers, Arthur Baylor and Eliott Goff, are selected to defend him. At McCall's trial, he is shown to be innocent. The case falls apart and McCall is released, while Webb is jailed for perjury.
Sitting in a car, Rodriguez records a conversation with Divinci in which the latter admits to killing Hudd and framing McCall. When he learns that Rodriguez has done this, he forces Rodriguez out of the car at gunpoint. Returning to his apartment, Rodriguez is confronted by his bookie Vic and his bodyguard, Mr. Cutlass Supreme, who murder Rodriguez over an outstanding gambling debt. Investigating Rodriguez's death, the police find the damaged tape of Divinci's confession. Baylor questions Webb about Hudd's murder, playing back the plan by Divinci to kill her as a loose end. Webb tells Baylor everything she knows about Divinci's crimes. Divinci hides out in Webb's apartment and shoots her for betraying him. Webb is rushed to the hospital, where Doctor McCall learns of her shooting. Divinci arranges for a limousine ride to the airport. The driver is revealed to be recently-acquitted serial killer Clyde David Dunner, who murders Divinci and then abandons the limousine in an alley.
Kouf recalled in a 2018 interview where he got the inspiration for the film:
"I had done a few cop movies, like Stakeout and The Hidden, and the cops were the good guys. I was toying with the idea of reality and memory and how they can be manipulated. And crime is where reality and memory are always tested. I think of Gang Related as grim farce. It’s about a couple cops who think they have a handle on how to clean up the streets by taking down drug dealers, making a little profit on the side, and blaming it on a "gang related" murder".
In a previous interview, Kouf said about Shakur:
"He was a talented guy and knew what he was doing on set. I heard a lot of nightmare stories about him going on but I never had any problems with him".
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Gang Related
Gang Related, alternatively known as Criminal Intent, is a 1997 American action crime film written and directed by Jim Kouf, and starring James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, Lela Rochon, David Paymer, and James Earl Jones. It follows two corrupt cops, attempting to frame a homeless man for the death of an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent that they killed.
Vice squad detectives Frank Divinci and Jake Rodriguez set up narcotics runner Lionel Hudd in a bogus drug trafficking deal at a motel. They murder Hudd and pocket his money. Having recovered the cocaine Hudd purchased from them, the detectives return both that and the murder weapon, a customized .44 magnum, to the evidence room at their headquarters. Divinci and Rodriguez learn that Hudd was actually a deep cover DEA agent when his partner, Richard Simms, visits their precinct to investigate Hudd's murder. The two detectives resolve to find someone they can frame for Hudd's murder.
The detectives choose a homeless drunk named Joe Doe, and trick him into confessing to the crime. Needing a witness, Divinci and Rodriguez press stripper Cynthia Webb, with whom Divinci has been cheating on his wife, into picking Joe out of a police lineup. It turns out Joe is actually William Dane McCall, a physician hailing from a wealthy family, who has been missing and presumed dead for years. The family's lawyers, Arthur Baylor and Eliott Goff, are selected to defend him. At McCall's trial, he is shown to be innocent. The case falls apart and McCall is released, while Webb is jailed for perjury.
Sitting in a car, Rodriguez records a conversation with Divinci in which the latter admits to killing Hudd and framing McCall. When he learns that Rodriguez has done this, he forces Rodriguez out of the car at gunpoint. Returning to his apartment, Rodriguez is confronted by his bookie Vic and his bodyguard, Mr. Cutlass Supreme, who murder Rodriguez over an outstanding gambling debt. Investigating Rodriguez's death, the police find the damaged tape of Divinci's confession. Baylor questions Webb about Hudd's murder, playing back the plan by Divinci to kill her as a loose end. Webb tells Baylor everything she knows about Divinci's crimes. Divinci hides out in Webb's apartment and shoots her for betraying him. Webb is rushed to the hospital, where Doctor McCall learns of her shooting. Divinci arranges for a limousine ride to the airport. The driver is revealed to be recently-acquitted serial killer Clyde David Dunner, who murders Divinci and then abandons the limousine in an alley.
Kouf recalled in a 2018 interview where he got the inspiration for the film:
"I had done a few cop movies, like Stakeout and The Hidden, and the cops were the good guys. I was toying with the idea of reality and memory and how they can be manipulated. And crime is where reality and memory are always tested. I think of Gang Related as grim farce. It’s about a couple cops who think they have a handle on how to clean up the streets by taking down drug dealers, making a little profit on the side, and blaming it on a "gang related" murder".
In a previous interview, Kouf said about Shakur:
"He was a talented guy and knew what he was doing on set. I heard a lot of nightmare stories about him going on but I never had any problems with him".