New Jack City

Pros: Wesley Snipes' performance
Cons: Heavy handed moral message, bad dialogue, bland heroes.

New Jack City: Warner Bros.
Rating: USA: R/ Australia: R

Ever see a film that you thought was really great—one that you really liked, then not see it for a few years, stumble across it, and wonder what you were thinking when...

Pros: Entertaining, well-made, Snipes gives a star-making performance.
Cons: Derivative, preachy, some weak dialogue.

A lot of reviews I've read of New Jack City compare it to Scarface. Of course I mean the 1983 Brian De Palma movie with Al Pacino not the 1932 Howard Hawks one with Paul Muni. Of course there are certain similarities present. Both films are about the ...

Pros: Rock, Snipes, Ice-T, strong story, exciting
Cons: Nelson, Van Peebles, Ending

The story of enterprising, drug lord Nino Brown (smoothly attired Wesley Snipes), and the dedicated team of cops attempting to bring down his crack empire (Remember, folks, as the great poet and scholar Whitney Houston once said, ‘Crack is ...

Pros: Best Bronx Location Shots Since Fort Apache
Cons: Judd Nelson

If nothing else, New Jack City must have turned a profit just on the product-placement fees from the Kangol hat company. Everybody in this movie except the cops wears them.

Kangol hats have been pretty popular in New York City, which is the...

Pros: A classic story-line and plenty of action. Wesley Snipes and Ice-T's performances.
Cons: A bit preachy. Sometimes unbelievable.

Back in the early 1990's when New Jack City came out, I never wanted to see it. Sure, it was a big movie. Everyone seemed to have seen it and loved it. I just never thought there was anything in the movie for me. I hated the music, didn't understand...

Pros: Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown, great soundtrack.
Cons: None.

New Jack City is all about Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) and his crack empire. Nino is the leader of a gang called ´the Cash Money Bro´s´. A cop called Scotty (rapper Ice-T) is after him, he tries to get an ex-addict (Chris Rock) infiltrated into the gang. I ...

Pros: cast and their performances, direction by Van Peebles, locations.
Cons: Fairly violent film, with scenes that depict drug use. Young children should not see it.

Two cops (Ice-T and Judd Nelson) are on the hunt for a ruthless drug lord (Wesley Snipes), who is slowly taking over the New York City when he introduces crack cocaine to the city's drug addicted population. They go undercover on their own when the ...

Pros: Nice Plot, good acting, and some nice camera work make this one of the greatest crime movies ever.
Cons: too intense for some people.

This was all but an action adventure. Even though there was plenty, this was primarily a drama. I saw this one a long time ago and a few times after that, I find it to allow you to feel the way that the characters in the story feel. it stars Wesley...

Pros: Lots of action, a very emotional, believable story, The fact that the movie is happening in real life somewhere.
Cons: none!

New Jack City. It could be any city in the world. It could be your city, it could be my city.
New Jack City is a very moving, believable movie about the invention of crack in 1986. Nino Brown, Wesley Snipes, Is a drug lord in the city, he...