OK Van Peebles flick featuring Snipes.
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02/23/08
New Jack City (1991)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:22
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A violent, kinetic gangster film with a strong anti-drug message, NEW JACK CITY is set in the mid-1980s during the height of the crack epidemic. Two street-wise undercover cops (Judd Nelson, Mario... [More]
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Judd Nelson, Mario Van Peebles, Chris Rock
Director: Mario Van Peebles
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Reviews for New Jack City
We all know New Jack City is making the right statement on drugs, racism, the system, etc. But the fact is it's not very good.
10/30/07
Though this often plays like a 70s cop show, it became a prototype for the bling-heavy gangsta melodramas of the 90s.
10/30/07
Top CriticFilmmakers 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.
10/30/07
Top CriticNo review available.
12/29/06
A cynical director, Van Peebles has style to burn, but his work is too flashy to make sense. This is a gangster-thriller about crack trade in Hralem done as a moralistic melodrama with kinky violence.
09/16/06
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.
01/26/06
Violent and very engaging.
01/18/06
No review available.
10/28/05
No review available.
09/21/05
...a purely conventional story, but it unfolds in unique and innovative ways, with particularly good turns from its cast, all of which make it a worthwhile watch.
08/17/05
It's basically Scarface with a hip-hop mentality, but it's also a slickly entertaining and consistently engaging crime thriller.
08/05/05
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.
08/05/05
Top CriticNo review available.
02/09/05
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04/09/04
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11/20/03
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06/17/03
It's still entertaining, but New Jack City now feels about as edgy as an old razor. And it's just as disposable.
05/24/03
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.
05/20/03
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