In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. After the shooting death of her boyfriend, Markell, who had some beefs on the streets, she falls into a deep depression. She spents the whole day taking care of her cat, in the house she inherited from her mother or working at a local hair salon. One day, she mets Lucky, a postman who comes in the salon, and start flirting with her, but she fakes a lesbian relationship with her boss to mock him away, and Lucky gets mad.
After a couple of days, Lucky and Chicago ( Lucky's co-worker at the post office) get orders to drive to Oakland to deliver some posts and Chicago's girlfriend, Lesha, convinces Justice to go with them because she had to go there for a hair show, and Lucky needed to meet his cousin, who's a famous rapper and Lucky wanted to become a rapper just like him.
At the beginning of the trip, Lucky and Justice argue a lot, but through the trip, they're going to see, they have a lot of things in common, meanwhile the other couple, Chicago and Lesha's relationship is getting increasingly broken.
The foursome make a couple of detours, the first being a family reunion barbecue. Here it becomes apparent that Iesha and Chicago's relationship is troubled. Iesha openly flirts with other men at the barbecue, while Chicago broods watching her behavior. The second stop is a beach where each of the four characters contemplate their separate situations. Next, they stop at an African Cultural Fair where Lucky and Justice grow closer as they discuss their lives. After leaving the fair, the friction between Chicago and Iesha explodes when Iesha tells to Chicago she has been seeing someone on the side and he hits her. Lucky initially decides not to get involved in the fight until Justice defends Iesha by kicking Chicago in the back, and Chicago turns his physical brutality on Justice. Lucky, Justice, along with a bleeding and shaken Iesha leave Chicago by the side of the road and continue on their journey.
Lucky stops the postal van at a beach, and Justice goes to see what's wrong. She begins opening up to him about her life and Lucky becomes sympathetic. They share a kiss and Justice walks away apparently unsure of her feelings for Lucky. She goes back to him and they share another kiss.
When they arrive in Oakland, they are met with the news that Lucky's cousin, with whom he had been working on recording music, has been killed. Lucky blames himself for not being in Oakland sooner, believing he could have prevented the shooting. He turns his anger on Justice, angrily blaming her for distracting him while they were on the road.
Some months have passed, and Lucky and Keisha meet up with Justice again back at the hair salon, just at the moment Lucky brings in his daughter Keisha. Lucky is remorseful over his conduct in Oakland and the cruel words he said to Justice there, and apologizes. She smiles at him and they share a passionate kiss. Justice smiles, and then turns her attention to Keisha, fussing over her hair. Justice and Lucky's eyes meet over Keisha's head and they smile...
Poetic Justice was one of the best movies i've ever seen. I really enjoyed the plot twist, seeing how Lucky and Justice were more and more closer. there was some funny moments, and sad ones too, but seeing them together in the end, was really cool, and mixing the ghetto stuff, the 90's style, Tupac (lucky) who's my favourite rapper made a perfect movie.
