1991
R
Warner Bros.
1 h 37 m

1991
R
Warner Bros.
1 h 37 m

Summary Drug tycoon Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) and his gang, the Cash Money Brothers, have rapidly risen to the top of the New York City narcotics trade. Under Nino's heartless leadership, the drug operation has grown into a multimillion-dollar empire. Scotty (Ice-T) and Nick (Judd Nelson), two police officers who know their way around the stree...

Directed By: Mario Van Peebles

Written By: Thomas Lee Wright, Barry Michael Cooper

1991
R
Warner Bros.
1 h 37 m

1991
R
Warner Bros.
1 h 37 m

New Jack City

Name: New Jack City
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1991-03-08
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Rating: 61
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings

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Directed By: Mario Van Peebles

Written By: Thomas Lee Wright, Barry Michael Cooper

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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

54% Positive
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38% Mixed
5 Reviews

8% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

54% Positive
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38% Mixed
5 Reviews

8% Negative
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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.

By Hal Hinson FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

The film's flamboyant portrait of Nino may be stereotypical, but Mr. Snipes makes it chilling.

By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW

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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Variety

Filmmakers pull off a provocative, pulsating update on gangster pics with this action-laden epic about the rise and fall of an inner city crack dealer. Strongest element is the anger and disgust directed squarely at drug dealers.

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Los Angeles Times

Bad as the overall design remains, individual scenes keep sparking alive, partly because the dialogue, or delivery, seems fresh, and improvisatory; partly because Van Peebles, in his directorial debut, figures out unusual or athletic camera designs for every scene. It's obvious he has talent, equally obvious there's no way this story can work right, no matter how strenuous the staging.

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TV Guide Magazine

Despite its preachiness, we all know New Jack City is making the right statement on drugs, racism, the system, etc. But the fact is it's not very good.

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Miami Herald

In New Jack City, director Mario Van Peebles seems determined to show that he can make a movie as shallow and violent as any white Hollywood hack. No problem: He did it. [8 Mar 1991, p.G12]

By Bill Cosford FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings

6.8

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7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings

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36% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Production Company Warner Bros., Jackson/McHenry Company,The, Jacmac Films

Release Date Mar 8, 1991

Duration 1 h 37 m

Rating R

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Tagline It was a time that there was a new gangster in.........

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Awards

MTV Movie + TV Awards

• 3 Nominations

Image Awards (NAACP)

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

All Def Movie Awards

• 1 Nomination

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Nino Brown

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Allen Payne

Gee Money

Chris Rock

Pookie

Mario Van Peebles

Stone

Michael Michele

Selina

Bill Nunn

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Russell Wong

Park

Bill Cobbs

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Kareem Akbar

Judd Nelson

Nick Peretti

Vanessa Williams

Keisha

Tracy Camilla Johns

Uniqua

Anthony DeSando

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Nick Ashford

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John Aprea

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