They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
- 6.6
- 1991
- Released
- 1h 37m
Wesley Snipes
Nino Brown
Ice-T
Scotty Appleton
Allen Payne
Garald "Gee Money" Welles
Chris Rock
Pookie
Mario Van Peebles
Stone
Michael Michele
Selina
Bill Nunn
Duh Duh Duh Man
Russell Wong
Park
Bill Cobbs
Old Man
Christopher Williams
Kareem Akbar
Judd Nelson
Nick Peretti
Vanessa Williams
Keisha
Tracy Camilla Johns
Uniqua
Anthony DeSando
Frankie Needles
Nick Ashford
Reverend Oates
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Prosecuting Attorney Hawkins
Thalmus Rasulala
Police Commissioner
John Aprea
Don Armeteo
Fab 5 Freddy
Master of Ceremonies
Flavor Flav
D.J.
Clebert Ford
FrazierLaverne Hart
Prom Queen
Eek-A-Mouse
Fat Smitty
Erica McFarquhar
Teacher
Keith Sweat
Singer at Wedding
Bret McCormick
Gigantor
Marcella Lowery
Woman in HallwayManuel E. Santiago
JudgeBen Gotlieb
Prosecuting AttorneyThelma Louise Carter
Reporter
Linda Froehlich
Reporter
Christopher Michael
Bailiff
Kelly Jo Minter
Recovering Addict
Tina Lifford
Recovering Addict
Erik Kilpatrick
Recovering Addict
Ron Millkie
Assistant DAHarold Baines
Kid on StoopSekou Campbell
Kid on StoopGarvin Holder
Kid on Stoop
Teddy Riley
New Year's Eve Band - (Guy)Aaron Hall
New Year's Eve Band - (Guy)Damion Hall
New Year's Eve Band - (Guy)Rodney Benford
Singers - Spring - (Troop)
Gerald Levert
Singers - Winter - (Levert)Sean Levert
Singers - Winter - (Levert)
Jimmy Cummings
Butchie The Doorman
Akosua Busia
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Lia Chang
Prostitute in The Pool (uncredited)
Jake LaMotta
Gangster Standing at Bar (uncredited)Cynthia Elane
Brides Maid (uncredited)Candece Tarpley
Connie The Waitress (uncredited)Chris Thornton
C.M.B. Member (uncredited)
Released
en
$8,500,000.00
$47,624,253.00
- #drug dealer
- #new york city
- #street gang
- #undercover agent
- #heroin
- #ghetto
- #gang leader
- #cop
- #crack
- #drugs
Reviews
New Jack City is convoluted, contrived, and heavy-handed, ending with a caption warning us to “confront the [drug] problem realistically, without empty slogans and promises”. Well, the characters in the movie certainly eschew empty slogans in favor of some of the most memorable catchphrases ever committed to film (“Sit your five-dollar ass down before I make change,” “I want to shoot you so bad, m