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.
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10/30/07
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
No review available.
09/21/05
Ever see a film that you thought was really great -- one that you really liked, then not see it for a few years, stumble across it, and wonder what you were thinking when you first saw (and loved) it?
02/13/01
No review available.
10/28/05
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
One gets the feeling that a lot of the meaning of this film ended up on the cutting room floor.
03/23/03
No review available.
02/09/05
Mario Van Peebles's drugland feature, a relentless, hold-on-to-your-hat experience, rarely lets up.
01/01/00
Top CriticA 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
Van Peebles wanted to tell this story; his heart is in it, and it's got a killer beat.
01/01/00
Top CriticViolent and very engaging.
01/18/06
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
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
Top Critic...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
The filmmakers pull out the stops to get their message across.
01/01/00
No review available.
06/17/03
No review available.
12/29/06
No review available.
11/20/03
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