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New Jack City

New Jack City

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

19916.61h 41m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Written by Thomas Lee Wright, Barry Michael Cooper
Produced by Doug McHenry, George Jackson
Box OfficeBudget: $8.5MRevenue: $47.6M

Top Cast

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Nino Brown

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

Russell Wong

Russell Wong

Park

Bill Cobbs

Bill Cobbs

Old Man

Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams

Kareem Akbar

Themes & Keywords

drug dealernew york citystreet gangundercover agentheroinghettogang leadercopcrackdrugs

About New Jack City

New Jack City is a thriller, crime, drama film released in 1991 exploring themes of drug dealer, new york city, street gang, undercover agent, heroin, ghetto. Directed by Mario Van Peebles, it stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne. 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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