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02/13/03
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
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12/30/02
The filmmakers pull out the stops to get their message across.
01/01/00
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
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 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
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06/17/03
It's basically Scarface with a hip-hop mentality, but it's also a slickly entertaining and consistently engaging crime thriller.
08/05/05
...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
No review available.
11/20/03
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
Violent and very engaging.
01/18/06
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09/21/05
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10/28/05
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
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
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04/09/04
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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