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New Jack City (1991)

Director: Mario Van Peebles

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From Time Out Film Guide

Touted as a ground-breaking addition to the crime-on-the-streets genre, Van Peebles' thriller is far more modest: a high-tech update on that old warhorse, a mobster's rise and fall. Ruthless Nino Brown (Snipes) lords it over a New York neighbourhood with an empire built on crack and violence. It's only when two disenchanted streetwise officers come together - African-American Scott Appleton (Ice T) and Nick Peretti (Nelson) - that his domain is effectively threatened. The movie pays lip service to social analysis while delighting in the paraphernalia of violence. As such, 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.

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Cast & crew

Director: Mario Van Peebles

Producer: Doug McHenry, George Jackson

Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ice T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele, Bill Nunn, Russell Wong, Thalmus Rasulala full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 100 mins


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