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New Jack City
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Scotty is a relentless cop bent on bringing Nino and his gang down but when his plan at using an ex drug addict to infiltrate the gang fails, he himself must become a drug pusher to get to them.
Scotty is a relentless cop bent on bringing Nino and his gang down but when his plan at using an ex drug addict to infiltrate the gang fails, he himself must become a drug pusher to get to them.
Actors:
Bobby Stancil,
Marc Gordon,
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney,
Fab 5 Freddy,
Thalmus Rasulala,
Rynel Johnson,
Eek-A-Mouse
Bobby Stancil
Marc Gordon
8 September 1964
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Fab 5 Freddy
31 August 1959, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Thalmus Rasulala
15 November 1939, Miami, Florida, USA
Rynel Johnson
Eek-A-Mouse
1957, Jamaica
Director:
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles
15 January 1957, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Country:
United States
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August 17, 2005
...a purely conventional story, but it unfolds in unique and innovative ways, with particularly good turns from its cast, all of which make it a worthwhile watch.
October 30, 2007
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.
January 26, 2006
It's a superior example of what used to be called blaxploitation, with Van Peebles piling on corruption and carnage for all he's worth.
August 05, 2005
It's basically Scarface with a hip-hop mentality, but it's also a slickly entertaining and consistently engaging crime thriller.
August 05, 2005
The movie was advertised (no doubt wisely) as a slam-bang action adventure, but in fact it's a serious, smart film with an impact that lingers after the lights go up.
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February 23, 2008
OK Van Peebles flick featuring Snipes.
October 30, 2007
Though this often plays like a 70s cop show, it became a prototype for the bling-heavy gangsta melodramas of the 90s.
September 16, 2006
A cynical director, Van Peebles has style to burn, but his work is too flashy to make sense. This is a gangster-thriller about crack trade in Hralem done as a moralistic melodrama with kinky violence.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
The film's use of once-imposing, now-crumbling New York architecture is particularly effective in underscoring the story with an air of widespread urban decay.
January 18, 2006
Violent and very engaging.
October 30, 2007
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.
January 01, 2000
Mario Van Peebles's drugland feature, a relentless, hold-on-to-your-hat experience, rarely lets up.