| New Jack City | 
 enlarge | Actors: John Aprea, Nick Ashford, Bill Cobbs, Anthony Desando, Flavor Flav
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 12984
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 101
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6305047480
UPC: 085391207320
EAN: 9786305047483
ASIN: 6305047480
Theatrical Release Date: March 8, 1991
Release Date: August 25, 1998
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Some pundits called it a flawed, exploitative action film that glamorized drug dealing and the luxury of a lucrative criminal lifestyle, spawning a trend of films that attracted youth gangs and provoked violence in theaters. Others hailed it as a breakthrough movie that depicted drug dealers as ruthless, corrupt, and evil, leading dead-end lives that no rational youth would want to emulate. However you interpret it, New Jack City is still one of the first and best films of the 1990s to crack open the underworld of cocaine and peer inside with its eyes wide open. It's also the film that established Wesley Snipes as an actor to watch, with enough charisma to bring an insidious quality of seduction to his role as coke-lord Nino Brown, and enough intelligence to portray a character deluded by his own sense of indestructible power. Director Mario Van Peebles stretched his otherwise-limited talent to bring vivid authenticity and urgency to this crime story, and subplots involving a pair of tenacious cops (Ice-T, Judd Nelson) and a recovering coke addict (Chris Rock) provide additional dramatic tension. Although some critics may hesitate to admit it, New Jack City deserves mention in any serious discussion about African American filmmakers and influential films. --Jeff Shannon
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 Right on Time Purchase May 2, 2008
I'm so happy with my purchase of "New Jack City". The shipping was very
fast, and the price was vey reasonable.
 GReat Jack April 28, 2008
This is a great movie. A real gritty crime drama with an excellent cast and a reminder of what style was like in the late 80s.
new jack city January 29, 2008
WOW,this movie was the first part of American Ganster.All the actors played their parts very well.
DVD Purchase January 18, 2008
Excellent! I received the shipment before I even expected it. The DVD was in perfect condition when it arrived, and I would not hesitate to use again.
A true cinema classic June 22, 2007
When I first saw this movie, I can honestly say that it delivered on all aspects of the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s. Mario Van Peebles did a wonderful job, and Wesley Snipes was outstanding. Ice T, phenomenal. Two other great actors in this film would have to be Christopher Williams, and Vanessa Williams. I personally recommend this film to all.
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