New Jack City
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New Jack City

They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.

6.7 / 10 1991 1h 41mR English
ThrillerCrimeDrama

Storyline

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

Cast & Crew

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Nino Brown

Lead
Ice-T

Ice-T

Scotty Appleton

Allen Payne

Allen Payne

Garald "Gee Money" Welles

Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Pookie

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles

Stone

Michael Michele

Michael Michele

Selina

Bill Nunn

Bill Nunn

Duh Duh Duh Man

RW

Russell Wong

Park

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mario Van Peebles's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. New Jack City is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker