RATING: A

Machiavelli Hangman is the latest independent film to break into 
the box-office as the next big thing after Napoleon Dynamite, 
Open Water, Saw and Primer. It seems that films made on a 
low-budget have more of a chance these days to hit it big if 
the story excels expectations and satisfies. The film is based 
on the writings of Nicollo Machiavelli and it is by far, the most 
satisfying film of the year, and perhaps, depending on the day, 
one of the most brilliantly realized motion pictures in the last 
decade.

Nicollo Machiavelli said it takes 7 days to create a believable 
buzz for your own death. That’s right, you heard it correctly. 
Your own death. In the 16th century, the famous politician would 
help his friends fake their own deaths to escape their enemies.

In fact, people still do it today and many believe that this is 
exactly what happened with Tupac Shakur. If you go back and check
the information surrounding his death, you will keep crossing 
the number seven.

Here are just a few examples that will get you thinking:


He was shot on Monday and he died exactly seven days later. 
How does someone stay in the coma for seven days and then 
suddenly die?
From the time of his death to the release of his next album, 
the producers waited 7 months.
In the album following his death, there was no mention of the 
artist’s death. The only thing referring to him was "Exit Tupac, 
enter Makavelli."
Tupac was 25 when he was killed. 2 and 5 equals 7.
He was shot at exactly 4:03am. 4 and 3 equals 7.


There are many other facts that have lead many of his fans to 
wonder where or not he really is dead. Machiavelli Hangman 
explores the myths and unbelievable facts that the American 
public is not aware of. It offers an explanation about death in 
the same eye-opening manner that Super Size Me did about fast 
food. 

It is one of those films that you watch and it blows your mind 
because you realize how much information there is out there that 
the government is hiding from you. Machiavelli Hangman should 
not be confused for a documentary because it is as fictional 
as Hollywood films get, but just like The Da Vinci Code, it 
incorporates historical facts in a fiction context. That’s what 
makes the film so powerful.

While audiences may go in expecting a story that revolves around 
Tupac, they would be disappointed to realize that it is set in 
1982 (for an amazing reason) and the rapper had not yet come 
into prominence at that point. The film deals with death and 
regardless of how mysterious it may seem to most of us, it stares
at us everday and we know more about it than we are aware. 

Nancy Grugeneim is a movie reviewer. 
Machiavelli Hangman
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