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Directed By
Mario Van Peebles
Written By:
Keith Critchlow, Barry Michael Cooper
Cast:
Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Tracy C. Johns, Allen Payne, Vanessa Williams, Thalmus Rasulala, Michael Michele, Bill Nunn, Russell Wong, Kim Park, Nick Ashford
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New Jack City (1991)
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Cops vs crack dealer
Oh, yes, clanking gold jewelry, free-flowing champagne, silk suits and enough gun-toting strongmen to make the whole drug operation perfectly secure. Nothing new here but the computerized records.
Mario Van Peebles directs "New Jack City" with as much energy and flash as this film's weary formula will allow. "New Jack City" tells of a seductively powerful drug kingpin named Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes, who won and "Image" Award for the film) and the police operatives intent on bringing him down.
Nino Brown is the film's liveliest creation and Snipes brings in a chilling performance. Van Peebles's direction can be overly ambitious, attempting odd angles and arty compositions, but for the most part it is efficient and unobtrusive.
Also in "New Jack City" are the rapper Ice-T, memorable as a dread-locked undercover cop on Nino's trail; Bill Nunn, still most familiar as Radio Raheem in "Do the Right Thing," as a drug henchman with a stutter; Mr. Van Peebles himself, as a nice-guy detective; Allen Payne, as the friend whom Nino is almost too conscience-stricken to kill, and Anthony DeSando, as a sleek Italian gangster whose attempt at antagonizing Nino costs him his ponytail. Judd Nelson, as the lone white hipster in the film's mostly black cast, starts off looking ridiculous behind a goatee, dark glasses and self-consciously dangling cigarette. Even he manages to become more or less likable before the film is over.
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 | Zara
Mar 23, 2007 10:23 AM
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| I still think this movie is funny and am surprised at how many people like it. |
 | SHAYNE
Mar 23, 2007 6:49 PM
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| One of my favorites..........Classic drug dealing movie. Snipes, Rock, Ice-T, & Nelson. Good combo and lots of humerous parts as well. Glad you did a review on this one! |
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Mar 23, 2007 10:46 AM