New Jack City (1991) 6.3
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him. Director:Mario Van Peebles |
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New Jack City (1991) 6.3
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him. Director:Mario Van Peebles |
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| Wesley Snipes | ... | ||
| Ice-T | ... |
Scotty Appleton
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| Allen Payne | ... | ||
| Chris Rock | ... | ||
| Mario Van Peebles | ... | ||
| Michael Michele | ... |
Selina
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| Bill Nunn | ... | ||
| Russell Wong | ... |
Park
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| Bill Cobbs | ... |
Old Man
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Christopher Williams | ... |
Kareem Akbar
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| Judd Nelson | ... | ||
| Vanessa Williams | ... |
Keisha
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Tracy Camilla Johns | ... |
Uniqua
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| Anthony DeSando | ... |
Frankie Needles
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| Nick Ashford | ... |
Reverend Oates
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The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miserably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. Written by Mattias Thuresson
As British TV is so bad at the moment I'm re-watching many of my DVDs. I dug this out. Wesley Snipes is a very underrated actor just like his peer Laurence Fishburne. He is excellent in this, and as another user has commented, you see especially in the trial scene that his character isn't quite the dumb-head he appears to be just misguided. It has a fine cast. I dug the film out to watch Judd Nelson's performance again in it as I've just re-watched the Breakfast Club and wanted to compare. I can't remember who directed NJC but it's very reminiscent of a Spike Lee film and just as hard hitting. It is just as relevant today as it was back in 1991 in fact more relevant here in Manchester, United Kingdom as we have seen over the past 7 years some serious divisions within the black community.