New Jack City
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.
28 July 1968
14 August 1947
20 October 1953, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
16 June 1934, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
16 March 1959, Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
7 July 1968, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
February 23, 2008
OK Van Peebles flick featuring Snipes.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
August 05, 2005
It's basically Scarface with a hip-hop mentality, but it's also a slickly entertaining and consistently engaging crime thriller.
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.
January 18, 2006
Violent and very engaging.
