New Jack City (1991)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

6.2/10   

Regisseur:

Mario Van Peebles

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Thomas Lee Wright (story)
Thomas Lee Wright (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

8. März 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

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

Plot:

A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megamanical while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.

Plot Keywords:

Black Music | Adulterous Wife | Crack Head | Vengeance | Crowd

Auszeichnungen:

1 win & 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

story of the emergence of crack cocaine

Besetzung

Wesley Snipes	...	Nino Brown
Ice-T	...	Scotty Appleton (as Ice T)
Allen Payne	...	Gee Money
Chris Rock	...	Pookie
Mario Van Peebles	...	Stone
Michael Michele	...	Selina Thomas
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	...	Reverend Oates

Länge:

97 Min | UK:101 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:18A | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (cut) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1991) | Norway:(Banned) (1991-2003) (cinema release)

Drehorte:

Grant's Tomb - 122th Street & Riverside Drive, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Jacmac Films

Dies und das:

This movie was the first theatrically released feature film that Mario Van Peebles had ever directed.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Nino stabs Kareem, the dagger is in Kareem's hand in one shot, but next to his hand in another.

Dialogzitate:

G-Money: I had my jimmy waxed every day last week!

Querbezüge:

Bezug enthalten in "30 Rock: Rosemary's Baby (#2.4)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

LYRICS 2 THE RHYTHM

story of the emergence of crack cocaine

This film, which came out in 1991, maybe contributed to the scary police state political atmosphere which fueled the misbegotten "War on Drugs", and which has jailed the very people it was (and is) supposed to help. If you're going to make a gang film about drugs, stick to the gangs, build up the characters, and try to make it more than an obvious morality story. Nonetheless, New Jack City has a lot of imagination and energy going for it, especially a terrific and chilling opening on a bridge over the East River, and then a great chase seqence between cop Ice T and dealer Chris Rock, who's on a BMX bicycle, taking it down several stairways. As well, there's an interesting gang standoff between Snipes' organization and Italian Mafioso, which unfortunately doesn't form enough of the basis of the film.