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Quick Facts

DirectorMario Van Peebles

Runtime1h 41m · R

GenresCrime · Drama · Thriller

Release1991-03-08

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Film

New Jack City

Name: New Jack City
Released: 1991-03-08

1991· R· 1h 41m· Crime· Drama· Thriller

“They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.”

New Jack City (1991) casts a cold, unyielding gaze on the neon-soaked underworld of 1980s New York City, where Nino Brown, a ruthless kingpin of the Cash Money Brothers, peddles crack cocaine with impunity, amassing a fortune of a million dollars a week. Detective Scotty Johnson, determined to dismantle the operation, takes an unthinkable plunge into the depths of the drug trade, transforming himself into a dealer to infiltrate Nino's inner circle. The film's gritty realism and incendiary performances underscore the brutal calculus of power and corruption in a city where survival is a daily battle.

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Key Crew

DirectorMario Van Peebles

ScreenplayBarry Michael Cooper

ProducerDoug McHenry

Director of PhotographyFrancis Kenny

Original Music ComposerMichel Colombier

EditorSteven Kemper

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 50 crew)

Details

Released1991-03-08

Runtime1h 41m · R

StatusReleased

StudiosJacmac Films · Jackson-McHenry Entertainment · Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget$9M

Box office$48M

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating6.7/10 · 610 votes

Original languageen

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