New Jack City (1991)
- Directed by
- Mario Van Peebles
- Genre
- drama film, action film, crime film, neo-noir, hood film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 611 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A New York City detective goes undercover to bring down a drug lord during the crack epidemic. The story follows both the rise of the drug kingpin and the detective's dangerous mission to stop him.
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What happens
New Jack City is a 1991 American crime action film directed by Mario Van Peebles (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, based on a story by Wright. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Bill Cobbs, Bill Nunn, and Van Peebles. Its plot follows Nino Brown, a drug lord in New York City during the crack epidemic, and Scotty Appleton, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) detective who vows to end Nino's rise to power by going undercover to work for Nino's gang. New Jack City premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 1991, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 8, 1991. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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