Though this often plays like a 70s cop show, it became a prototype for the bling-heavy gangsta melodramas of the 90s.
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10/30/07
New Jack City (1991)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:6
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.8/10
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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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 CriticThe 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 CriticThe 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 CriticMario Van Peebles's drugland feature, a relentless, hold-on-to-your-hat experience, rarely lets up.
01/01/00
Top CriticVan Peebles wanted to tell this story; his heart is in it, and it's got a killer beat.
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