New Jack City (1991)
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
New Jack City (1991)
Information
Released Year: 1991
Runtime: 97 minutes
Directors: Mario Van Peebles
Casts: Gregg Smrz, Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock, Kelly Jo Minter, Russell Wong, Mario Van Peebles, Bill Cobbs, Michael Michele, Bill Nunn, Anthony DeSando, Marcella Lowery, Allen Payne, Ice-T, Fab 5 Freddy, Vanessa Williams, Judd Nelson, Tina Lifford, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Christopher Williams, Tracy Camilla Johns, Nick Ashford, Thalmus Rasulala, Flavor Flav, John Aprea, Christopher Michael, Keith Sweat, Thelma Louise Carter
IMDB: New Jack City (1991)
Storyline
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
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Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times -
The movie isn't a comic book that's been assembled out of the spare parts from other crime movies; it's an original, in-depth look at this world, written and directed with concern—apparently after a lot of research and inside information.
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Washington Post -
The "Godfather" films transcended their mobster genre; New Jack City doesn't, but it's a great genre film, edgy, vibrant and full of urgent color.
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The New York Times -
The film's flamboyant portrait of Nino may be stereotypical, but Mr. Snipes makes it chilling.
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USA Today -
City loses some bearings in its second half, becoming a ragged collection of punchy action scenes. Big deal. It's also one of the most enjoyably ragged examples of fuzz vs. scuz since 1972's Across 110th Street. [8 Mar 1991, p.2D]
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San Francisco Chronicle -
Modeling his work after the old Warner Bros. gangster movies of the '30s and '40s, and using plenty of shootouts, Van Peebles still manages to instill a highly personal sense of urgency about the need to eradicate the crack trade. That passion flares through the script by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, a former addict who coined the phrase ''new jack'' to describe the flashy style of deprived inner-city youth eager to get rich quick by any means. [8 Mar 1991, p.E3]
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