A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Ice-T
- Scotty Appleton
- (as Ice T)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOn Inside the Actors Studio (1994), Chris Rock claimed that for several years following his acclaimed performance as a crack addict, drug dealers would approach him and put crack and cocaine in his pocket; joking that "they thought it was a documentary." He stated that, although he knew people who used crack at the time, he never did and, in his 1997 memoir "Rock This" had only smoked marijuana twice.
- GoofsPookie's time inside the Carter was extensively videotaped, and those tapes, which included G Money giving the order to kill Pookie after his cover is blown, were all saved by the cops. Despite all that taped evidence that could be used to either convict G Money and several others and/or flip them as witnesses against Nino, the operation is declared a total failure and the tapes are never used.
- Quotes
Nino Brown: [to Gee Money] You fucked up. You fucked up big time. You're incapable of running this shit.
[Gee Money stands up]
Nino Brown: *Sit* your five-dollar ass down before I make change!
- Alternate versionsGerman VHS & first DVD releases were edited for violence in two scenes (Nino kills a cop by cutting his throat/Scotty beats Nino at the end of the film), probably to secure a "Not under 16" rating. On TV the film was broadcast uncut. On the 2006 Special Edition DVD the film was released uncut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Christopher Williams: I'm Dreamin' (1991)
Featured review
Wesley Snipes gets the lion's share of acting honors for his role as Nino Brown in New Jack City
20 years after his father, Melvin Van Peebles, had made a revolutionary film called Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song, Mario Van Peebles would direct something of a classic himself with New Jack City. He plays the superior officer of a detective played by rapper Ice-T who we find out has personal reasons for wanting the drug dealer Nino Brown, played by Wesley Snipes, dead. Assisting him is partner Judd Nelson and a former user played by Chris Rock before he joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live". While Rock is better known as a comedian, he gives a fine dramatic performance here. Of course, it's Snipes who gets the lion's share of the acting highlights especially when his character's on trial. While it seems initially the drug lifestyle is glamorous here, it does show eventually that crime doesn't pay. So on that note, New Jack City gets a high recommendation from me. P.S. While I managed to watch this on YouTube, some parts were missing so I checked the Italian upload on the site to watch what I missed and I managed to understand what was going on despite the Italian dubbing.
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- tavm
- Feb 23, 2012
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Zehirli Sokaklar
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,624,353
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,039,622
- Mar 10, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $47,624,353
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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