New Jack City

Overview

Violent but powerful, this crime melodrama is set in the roughest part of Harlem and centers on the exploits of two no-nonsense NYC cops to do whatever it takes to stop a ruthless drug lord from further destroying the lives of neighborhood youths.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/05/2010
UPC:	0883929152674
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	23,177

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by director/co-star Mario Van Peebles; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mario Van Peebles	Stone
Wesley Snipes	Nino Brown
Allen Payne	Money
Ice-T	Appleton
Judd Nelson	Peretti
Chris Rock	Pookie
Russell Wong	Park
Michael Michele	Selina
Bill Nunn	Duh Duh Duh Man
Bill Cobbs	Old Man
Christopher Williams	Kareem Akbar,Keisha,Actor
Tracy Camilla Johns	Uniqua,Actor
Anthony DeSando	Frankie Needles
Nick Ashford	Reverend Oates
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney	Prosecuting Attorney Hawkins
Thalmus Rasulala	Police Commissioner
John Aprea	Don Armeto
Fab Five Freddy	Master of Ceremonies
Flavor Flav	D.J.
Clebert Ford	Frazier
Laverne Hart	Prom Queen
Eek-A-Mouse	Fat Smitty
Gregg Smrz	Biff
Erica McFarquhar	Teacher
Keith Sweat	Singer at Wedding
Max Rabinowitz	Gigantor
Marcella Lowery	Woman in Hallway
Manuel E. Santiago	Judge,Judge
Ben Gotleib	Prosecuting Attorney
Thelma Louise Carter	Reporter
Linda Froehlich	Reporter
Christopher Michael	Bailiff
Tiger Frederick	Basketball Player
Rynel Johnson	Basketball Player
Kelly Jo Minter	Recovering Addict
Tina Lifford	Recovering Addict
Paul Raczkowski	Recovering Addict
Erik Kilpatrick	Recovering Addict
Harold Baines	Kid on Stoop
Sekou Campbell	Kid on Stoop
David Michael Golson	Kid on Stoop
Garvin Holder	Kid on Stoop
Leo O'Brien	Kid on Stoop
Bobby Stancil	Kid on Stoop
Teddy Riley	New Year's Eve Band Member
Aaron Hall	New Year's Eve Band Member,New Year's Eve Band Member
Kim Park	Actor
Allen McNeil	Singers - Spring - (Troop)
Gerald Levert	Singers - Winter - (Levert)
Michel Colombier	Composer
Vassal Benford	Composer

Technical Credits

Thomas Lee Wright

Barry Cooper

Mario Van Peebles	Director
George Jackson	Producer
Doug McHenry	Producer
Thomas Lee Wright	Screenwriter
Barry Cooper	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Preston L. Holmes	Producer
Bub Asman	Sound Effects
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	Sound Effects
Pat Golden	Casting
John McCabe	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Director Mario Van Peebles's debut feature is far from original, but Wesley Snipes' charismatic performance, its nonstop action, rocketing pace, and anti-drug message all contribute to the impact of this well-executed genre film. A fusion of Scarface (1932), Public Enemy (1931), The Godfather (1972), and a dozen other gangster rise-and-fall sagas, it's both a glamorous chronicle of the swiftly burgeoning power of crack in the New York of the 1980s and a scathing cautionary tale. "Ya gotta rob to get rich in the Reagan era," Snipes' drug kingpin informs his loyal troops, and like Coppola's masterpiece, the film links crime with business as the hard-working capitalists ply their trade. As the drug gang turns an abandoned Harlem building into their personal fortress, the film recalls the ease with which the crack lords once dominated entire areas of New York. Snipes, arrogant, narcisstic, methodical, ruthless, and magnetic in his evil, has rarely been better. Ice-T and Judd Nelson make a strange pair of narcotics detectives, but here, they rise to the occasion.