The only thing more notorious than the crime, was the cover up.
Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and plot-driven.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Johnny DeppRussell Poole
- Forest WhitakerJack Jackson
- Toby HussDetective Fred Miller
- Dayton CallieLieutenant O'Shea
- Neil Brown Jr.Rafael Perez
- Shea WhighamFrank Lyga
- Xander BerkeleyEdwards
- Louis HerthumCity Attorney Stone
- Shamier AndersonDavid Mack
- Laurence MasonFBI Agent Dunton
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- Brad FurmanDirector
- Christian ContrerasScreenplay
- Randall SullivanNovel
- Chris HajianOriginal Music Composer
- Leo TrombettaEditor
- Miriam SegalProducer
- Paul M. BrennanProducer
- Stuart ManashilProducer
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