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Mar 8, 1991 · New Jack City: Directed by Mario Van Peebles. With Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock. A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Mario Van Peebles
- 1991-03-08
New Jack City is a 1991 American crime action film based on an original story and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, and directed by Mario Van Peebles in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Bill Cobbs, and Van Peebles.
May 1, 1991 · Roger Ebert May 01, 1991. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. There is a moment in “New Jack City” when Nino Brown, a character who has made millions by selling cocaine to poor blacks, relaxes in his suburban mansion. He has his own screening room and is viewing “ Scarface ,” the Al Pacino movie about a drug lord.
Mar 8, 1991 · New Jack City (1991) by. Mario Van Peebles. Publication date. 1991-03-08. Topics. New Jack City. Two cops take it on themselves to bring down a notorious drug lord who has gotten away from the law for much too long. Addeddate. 2023-12-14 05:16:09. Identifier. new-jack-city.-1991. Scanner. Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.7.0.
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Drug tycoon Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) and his minions, known collectively as the Cash Money Brothers, have rapidly risen to the top of the New York City narcotics trade. Under Nino's heartless...
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- Crime, Drama
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A modern-day crime epic focusing on the efforts of two unorthodox police officers to bring down a drug gang at the height of New York City's crack cocaine epidemic of 10 years ago. The film also chronicles the rise and fall of Nino Brown, the antagonist of the film, in a light study of drug proliferation and its effects on poor neighborhoods.