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New Jack City
They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.
They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family...
Crime, Drama, Thriller - 1991
6.7
77%
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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.

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
8 Mar 1991
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$8,500,000
Revenue:
$47,624,253
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
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.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
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.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
5 Aug 2005
fresh:
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.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
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.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
30 Oct 2007
fresh:
Though this often plays like a 70s cop show, it became a prototype for the bling-heavy gangsta melodramas of the 90s.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
30 Oct 2007
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