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New Jack City Reviews

1991

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Drug baron Nino Brown and his gang hit the streets with the highly addictive drug, crack. Taking over a town building they set up their own crack factory, but all is not lost. Two renegade cops infiltrate the operation and plan Brown's downfall. Read more

Starring	Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Judd Nelson, Mario Van Peebles
Director	Mario Van Peebles
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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Critic's review of New Jack City
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- Touted as a ground-breaking addition to the crime-on-the-streets genre, Van Peebles' thriller is far more modest: a... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
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- - 8
  - 3
  A good political message but otherwise substandard
  
  When New Jack City first hit the cinemas in 1991 it was hailed as a beacon of light illuminating for everyone the injustices occurring in poor predominately ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - supershari
  - Middlesex
  - 05 Feb 2005 at 13:24
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- - 1
  - 1
  Probably the worst film I have ever seen
  
  See the review heading. Enough said.
  
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- 500067
- - a customer
  - England
  - 30 Nov 2007 at 23:47
- - 2
  - 0
  Seems I have grown up since I last watched this
  
  I remember this being the first 18 I watched in the cinema and as a middleclass white 14 year old from Berkshire the black crack dealers of New York were people... read more »
  
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- 472296
- - Andrew Smith
  - Lincoln, England
  - 05 Sep 2007 at 16:23
- - 0
  - 0
  Dated, but still rated!
  
  Pretty cool action film from the 80's, with Ice-T and Wesley Snipes face off over crack dealing. Much of it looks horribly dated now - at times it's ... read more »
  
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- - James
  - Nottingham
  - 29 Sep 2006 at 14:57
- - 0
  - 0
  Classic
  
  Anybody who is into their Hood style films, this is a must see!!!
  
  This is a Classic
  
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- - Steven Boyle
  - Fife, Scotland
  - 06 Jul 2006 at 08:38
- - 0
  - 0
  brilliant
  
  If not their debut, it is one of wessely snipes and chris rocks first films. This is the only film in which chris rock does not irritate the hell out of me.read more »
  
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- - brassodin
  - 20 reviews
  - GOSBERTON WESTHORPE, SPALDING
  - 27 Jun 2006 at 14:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Wesleys finest moment.
  
  This is one entertaining movie which dared to show the realism of the American inner city in the early 1990`s.In much the same genre as scarface it ticks along... read more »
  
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- - Jacksonbear
  - Scotland
  - 22 Jun 2006 at 23:06
- - 0
  - 0
  WESLEY SNIPES AT HIS BEST
  
  GREAT STORY,GREAT MUSIC AND GREAT CAST.
  
  MAKES THIS FILM ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAV'S.A MUST WATCH FILM IF YOU LIKE GANGSTER MOVIES.
  
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  - BROADSTAIRS,KENT
  - 03 Mar 2006 at 10:47
- - 0
  - 0
  A good gritty crime thriller
  
  Set in New York this film gives a great insight into life in the poorer districts. The main characters start a new drugs cartel and try to do it without the ... read more »
  
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- 209252
- - Colin Hamilton
  - Dollar, Scotland
  - 20 Feb 2006 at 21:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Good old school gangsta flick
  
  When I was first told about this film by a freind of mine I thought it wasn't going to be any good-especially when I heard Ice-T was in it! But I was proven... read more »
  
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- 123654
- - Smoothy Smooth
  - Essex
  - 14 Jul 2005 at 15:14
- - 2
  - 0
  Classic Gangsta!
  
  Great when it was made, and still first class today - with a soundtrack that any film would be happy to have. One of the few films made I could ever watch more ... read more »
  
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- 328549
- - andyking
  - Kent
  - 27 Mar 2005 at 22:15
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- - 8
  - 3
  A good political message but otherwise substandard
  
  When New Jack City first hit the cinemas in 1991 it was hailed as a beacon of light illuminating for everyone the injustices occurring in poor predominately ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 321869
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - supershari
  - Middlesex
  - 05 Feb 2005 at 13:24
- - 3
  - 1
  Entertaining
  
  An entertaining but dated gansta flick starring the excellent Wesley Snipes as a hardnut drug crimelord and Ice-T as the maverick cop on his tail. The clothes ... read more »
  
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- - imran
  - 165 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Sep 2004 at 11:15
- - 2
  - 0
  New Jack City Is Gritty And Real
  
  I like the pace at which the story in this movie was told. It's not blazing fast so you pick up on all the little things. The acting from all is done very ... read more »
  
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- - Steve Macca
  - Merseyside
  - 02 Aug 2004 at 16:42
- - 2
  - 0
  Seems I have grown up since I last watched this
  
  I remember this being the first 18 I watched in the cinema and as a middleclass white 14 year old from Berkshire the black crack dealers of New York were people... read more »
  
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- 472296
- - Andrew Smith
  - Lincoln, England
  - 05 Sep 2007 at 16:23
- - 2
  - 0
  Classic Gangsta!
  
  Great when it was made, and still first class today - with a soundtrack that any film would be happy to have. One of the few films made I could ever watch more ... read more »
  
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- 328549
- - andyking
  - Kent
  - 27 Mar 2005 at 22:15
- - 2
  - 1
  THIS IS A FIRST CLASS ...
  
  THIS IS A FIRST CLASS ACTION FILM THAT REALLY LAUNCHED WESLEY SNIPES CAREER INTO THE MAINSTREAM,GREAT STORYLINE,ACTING AND SOUNDTRACK,A MUST SEE MOVIE FOR THOSE... read more »
  
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  - WILLENHALL
  - 21 Jul 2004 at 23:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Quite a good gangster ...
  
  Quite a good gangster film, Plenty of action,A good sound track,Overall an interesting movie.
  
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- 27699
- - Bill#16
  - WEYMOUTH
  - 05 Feb 2004 at 17:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Good old school gangsta flick
  
  When I was first told about this film by a freind of mine I thought it wasn't going to be any good-especially when I heard Ice-T was in it! But I was proven... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 123654
- - Smoothy Smooth
  - Essex
  - 14 Jul 2005 at 15:14
- - 0
  - 0
  A good gritty crime thriller
  
  Set in New York this film gives a great insight into life in the poorer districts. The main characters start a new drugs cartel and try to do it without the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 209252
- - Colin Hamilton
  - Dollar, Scotland
  - 20 Feb 2006 at 21:16
- - 0
  - 0
  WESLEY SNIPES AT HIS BEST
  
  GREAT STORY,GREAT MUSIC AND GREAT CAST.
  
  MAKES THIS FILM ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAV'S.A MUST WATCH FILM IF YOU LIKE GANGSTER MOVIES.
  
  Report this review
- 213759
- - a customer
  - BROADSTAIRS,KENT
  - 03 Mar 2006 at 10:47

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  Drug baron Nino Brown and his gang hit the streets with the highly addictive drug, crack. Taking over a town building they set up their own crack factory, but all is not lost. Two renegade cops infiltrate the operation and plan Brown's downfall....