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08/03/1991 Thriller, Crime, Drama 1h 41m
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They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.

Overview

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.

  1. Mario Van Peebles

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Wesley Snipes

    Nino Brown

  2. Ice-T

    Scotty Appleton

  3. Allen Payne

    Garald "Gee Money" Welles

  4. Chris Rock

    Pookie

  5. Mario Van Peebles

    Stone

  6. Michael Michele

    Selina

  7. Bill Nunn

    Duh Duh Duh Man

  8. Russell Wong

    Park

  9. Bill Cobbs

    Old Man

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-08-28
New Jack City is convoluted, contrived, and heavy-handed, ending with a caption warning us to “confront the [drug] problem realistically, without empty slogans and promises”. Well, the characters in the movie certainly eschew empty slogans in favor of some of the most memorable catchphrases ever committed to film (“Sit your five-dollar ass down before I make change,” “I want to shoot you so bad, my d*ck's hard,” etc., etc.), but it might be a bit of a stretch to say that they deal with the problem realistically – and it’s actually the little things, such as our old friend the R...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,500,000.00

Revenue
$47,624,253.00

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