“They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.”
New Jack City
6.7
610 votes·1991
·1h 41m
·MovieThrillerCrimeDrama
Overview
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget5.6x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
drug dealernew york citystreet gangundercover agentheroinghettogang leadercopcrackdrugs
Cast
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
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