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Release Date:
8 March 1991 (USA)
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Tagline:
They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime. more
Plot:
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megamanical while a maverick police detective vows to stop him. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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3 nominations
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(44 articles)
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Wesley Snipes Should Have Been Nominated
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Wesley Snipes | ... | Nino Brown |
 | Ice-T | ... | Scotty Appleton (as Ice T) |
 | Allen Payne | ... | Gee Money |
 | Chris Rock | ... | Pookie |
 | Mario Van Peebles | ... | Stone |
 | Michael Michele | ... | Selina Thomas |
 | Bill Nunn | ... | Duh Duh Duh Man |
 | Russell Wong | ... | Park |
 | Bill Cobbs | ... | Old Man |
| Christopher Williams | ... | Kareem Akbar |
 | Judd Nelson | ... | Nick Peretti |
 | Vanessa Williams | ... | Keisha |
| Tracy Camilla Johns | ... | Uniqua |
 | Anthony DeSando | ... | Frankie Needles |
| Nick Ashford | ... | Reverend Oates |
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Runtime:
97 min | UK:101 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:M18 |
Iceland:16 |
Australia:MA (cable rating) |
Australia:R (original rating) |
Canada:18A |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 (cut) |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Norway:18 (video premiere) (1991) |
Norway:(Banned) (1991-2003) (cinema release)
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Story is largely based on real-life Detroit gang, The Chambers Brothers. Writer Barry Michael Cooper got the idea for the film after visiting Detroit and learning about the gang's exploits.
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Continuity: Just before Nino's meeting with Frankie Needles, he's talking on the phone about taking over the Carter apartments but he had already done that in the beginning of the movie.
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Referenced in Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes (1994) (TV)
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FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY
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This is one great movie, but the thing that really made it special was Wesley Snipes portrayal of a totally despicable character in Nino Brown. He didn't portray Nino as the stereotypical drug dealer. Instead he portrayed Nino as a highly intelligent man who you wonder what would have happened if he had put his intelligence to more productive pursuits. Also, Ice-T wasn't bad in his first major role and you can see how much he has improved by watching Law and Order: SVU.
This is not your typical movie about the drug culture.