John Singleton: Poetic Justice (1993)

<p>This week in our John Singleton retrospective we're discussing his sophomore film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107840/" target="_blank">Poetic Justice</a>, starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur. There's a lot here to like. In fact, there's a lot here in general. The film doesn't feel nearly as focused as his previous but despite that feels very unique and very personal. The leads do marvelous work here, especially Tupac, and for those of us who are only familiar with him by name it's enough to make us want to look into the rest of his career.</p><p>We also briefly discuss <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600195/" target="_blank">Abduction</a>, starring Taylor Lautner. It's not good, but John Singleton does what he can and his direction makes you wish that he had been given a Bond or Bourne film instead of this well-directed clunker.</p>