The idea behind it is excellent. The film just didn't succeed. Tupac's acting and Maya Angelou's poetry were perhaps the only truly commendable aspects of the film. The plot, in attempting to cover too much ground, becomes muddled and confused, and unfortunately Janet Jackson gave a very lacking performance of the character of Justice (in the theatre, people were laughing as she attempted to act dramatically). Some of the plot was also contrived, and the characters fell pray to the standard stereotypes. Overall, this is a film with a lot of potential, that turned out poorly.