New Jack City
The story begins in Harlem, 1986, and Nino Brown and his gang, the Cash Money Brothers (CMB), become the dominant drug ring in New York City once crack cocaine is introduced to the streets. His gang consists of his best friend, Gee Money; enforcer Duh Duh Duh Man; gun moll Keisha; Nino's girlfriend, Selina, and her tech-savvy cousin, Kareem. Nino converts the Carter, an apartment complex, into a crack house. Gee Money and Keisha kill rival Fat Smitty, the CMB throws out the tenants, and Nino forces the landlord out onto the streets naked. Meanwhile, Undercover detective Scotty Appleton attempts to make a deal with stick-up kid Pookie, but Pookie runs off with the money. Scotty chases Pookie and shoots him in the leg, but the police let him go. Nino's gang successfully run the streets of Harlem over the next three years. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | James Bigwood, George Jackson, Fab 5 Freddy, Preston L. Holmes, Suzanne Broderick, Doug Mchenry, Dwight Williams |
Directed By: | Mario Van Peebles |
Written By: | Barry Michael Cooper, Thomas Lee Wright |
Cast: | Paul Raczkowski, Lia Chang, Mario Van Peebles, Teddy Riley, Christopher Michael, Christopher Williams, Steve Russell, Jake LaMotta, Allen McNeil, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Michael Michele, Akosua Busia, Nick Ashford, Vanessa Williams, Rynel Johnson, Wesley Snipes, Thalmus Rasulala, Bill Cobbs, Erik Kilpatrick, Judd Nelson, Linda Froehlich, Marcella Lowery, Kelly Jo Minter, Leo O'Brien, Russell Wong, Ice-T, Damien Hall, Tina Lifford, Anthony DeSando, Tracy Camilla Johns, Fab 5 Freddy, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Manuel E. Santiago, Ron Millkie, Clebert Ford, John Aprea, Gerald Levert, Sekou Campbell, Toni Ann Johnson, Harold Baines, Flavor Flav, Bill Nunn, Keith Sweat |
In Theaters: | Mar 08, 1991 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 37 minutes |
Production: | Warner Bros., Jackson/McHenry Company, The, Jacmac Films |
Box Office: | $47,624,253 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |