A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

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Film Cast:

• Nino Brown: Wesley Snipes
• Scotty Appleton: Ice-T
• Garald “Gee Money” Welles: Allen Payne
• Pookie: Chris Rock
• Stone: Mario Van Peebles
• Selina: Michael Michele
• Duh Duh Duh Man: Bill Nunn
• Park: Russell Wong
• Old Man: Bill Cobbs
• Kareem Akbar: Christopher Williams
• Nick Peretti: Judd Nelson
• Keisha: Vanessa Williams
• Uniqua: Tracy Camilla Johns
• Frankie Needles: Anthony DeSando
• Reverend Oates: Nick Ashford
• Prosecuting Attorney Hawkins: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
• Police Commissioner: Thalmus Rasulala
• Don Armeteo: John Aprea
• Master of Ceremonies: Fab 5 Freddy
• D.J.: Flavor Flav
• Frazier: Clebert Ford
• Prom Queen: Laverne Hart
• Fat Smitty: Eek-A-Mouse
• Biff: Gregg Smrz
• Teacher: Erica McFarquhar
• Singer at Wedding: Keith Sweat
• Gigantor: Max Rabinowitz
• Woman in Hallway: Marcella Lowery
• Judge: Manuel E. Santiago
• Prosecuting Attorney: Ben Gotlieb
• Reporter: Thelma Louise Carter
• Reporter: Linda Froehlich
• Bailiff: Christopher Michael
• Recovering Addict: Kelly Jo Minter
• Recovering Addict: Tina Lifford
• Recovering Addict: Erik Kilpatrick
• Assistant DA: Ron Millkie
• Kid on Stoop: Harold Baines
• Kid on Stoop: Sekou Campbell
• Kid on Stoop: Garvin Holder
• New Year’s Eve Band – (Guy): Teddy Riley
• New Year’s Eve Band – (Guy): Aaron Hall
• New Year’s Eve Band – (Guy): Damion Hall
• Singers – Spring – (Troop): Rodney Benford
• Singers – Spring – (Troop): John Harrell
• Singers – Winter – (Levert): Gerald Levert
• Singers – Winter – (Levert): Sean Levert
• Butchie The Doorman: Jimmy Cummings
• Courtroom Spectator (uncredited): Akosua Busia
• Prostitute in The Pool (uncredited): Lia Chang
• Gangster Standing at Bar (uncredited): Jake LaMotta
• Barber (uncredited): Larry M. Cherry
• Brides Maid (uncredited): Cynthia Elane
• Girl in the Window (uncredited): Toni Ann Johnson
• Connie The Waitress (uncredited): Candece Tarpley
• C.M.B. Member (uncredited): Chris Thornton

Film Crew:

• Director: Mario Van Peebles
• Story: Thomas Lee Wright
• Music Supervisor: Doug McHenry
• Screenplay: Barry Michael Cooper
• Casting: Pat Golden
• Production Design: Charles C. Bennett
• Director of Photography: Francis Kenny
• Casting: John McCabe
• Editor: Steven Kemper
• Unit Production Manager: Preston L. Holmes
• Costume Design: Bernard Johnson
• Original Music Composer: Michel Colombier
• Music Supervisor: George Jackson
• Associate Producer: Fab 5 Freddy
• Associate Producer: Suzanne Broderick
• Associate Producer: James Bigwood
• First Assistant Director: Dwight Williams
• Stunt Coordinator: Jery Hewitt
• Stunts: Danny Aiello III
• Stunts: G. A. Aguilar
• Second Assistant Director: Joseph Ray
• Production Supervisor: Brent Owens
• First Assistant Editor: Kevin Stitt
• Camera Operator: John Newby
• First Assistant Camera: Gregory Irwin
• Second Assistant Camera: Myra-Lee Cohen
• Additional Camera: Ed Hershberger
• Steadicam Operator: Ted Churchill
• Production Sound Mixer: Frank Stettner
• Boom Operator: Keith Gardner
• Cableman: Rosa Howell-Thornhill
• Art Direction: Barbra Matis
• Art Direction: Laura Brock
• Art Department Coordinator: Roberta J. Holinko
• Set Decoration: Elaine O’Donnell
• Script Supervisor: Cornelia ‘Nini’ Rogan
• Makeup Artist: Diane Hammond
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Ellie Winslow
• Hairstylist: Larry M. Cherry
• Hairstylist: Aaron F. Quarles
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Barbara Hause
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Jane E. Myers
• Wardrobe Assistant: Jill E. Anderson
• Gaffer: Charles Houston
• Rigging Gaffer: Martin Andrews
• Best Boy Electric: Val DeSalvo
• Key Grip: Robert M. Andres
• Best Boy Grip: Paul Wachter
• Dolly Grip: Tom Kudlek
• Property Master: Octavio Molina
• Assistant Property Master: Laura Jean West
• Assistant Property Master: Kevin Ladson
• Charge Scenic Artist: Jeffrey L. Glave
• Construction Coordinator: Raymond M. Samitz
• Special Effects Supervisor: Steven Kirshoff
• Special Effects Coordinator: Wilfred Caban
• Second Unit Director: Jeff Lengyel
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Jacek Laskus
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Ed Dessisso
• Assistant Editor: Jeff Gullo
• Assistant Editor: Wade Bartlett
• Supervising Sound Editor: Mike Le Mare
• Supervising Sound Editor: Robert G. Henderson
• Supervising Sound Editor: Alan Robert Murray
• Sound Editor: Karola Storr
• Sound Editor: Robert Fitzgerald
• Sound Editor: Robert L. Sephton
• Sound Editor: Bub Asman
• Sound Editor: Jayme S. Parker
• Foley: Terry Burke
• Assistant Sound Editor: Darrin Martin
• Assistant Sound Editor: Rachel Shaw
• Assistant Sound Editor: Janelle Showalter
• Assistant Sound Editor: Brooke Henderson Ward
• Supervising Music Editor: Carl Zittrer
• Music Editor: Lise Richardson
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Patrick Cyccone Jr.
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dan Wallin
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Robert Thirlwell
• ADR Mixer: Robert Deschaine
• Still Photographer: Joel David Warren
• Production Office Coordinator: Lillian Pyles
• Location Manager: Parnes Cartwright
• Second Second Assistant Director: Marlene Arvan
• Casting Assistant: Max Van Peebles
• Title Designer: Douy Swofford
• Stunts: Bill Anagnos
• Stunts: David S. Lomax
• Stunts: Lance Guecia
• Stunts: Don Hewitt Sr.
• Stunts: Jalil Jay Lynch
• Stunts: Paul Bucossi
• Stunts: Harry Madsen
• Stunts: Darrell Carey
• Stunts: Don Picard
• Stunts: Daniel Dod
• Stunts: Elliot Santiago
• Stunts: Norman Douglass
• Stunts: Bruce Smolanoff
• Stunts: Andy Duppin
• Stunts: Roy Farfel
• Stunts: Jeff Ward

Movie Reviews:

• tmdb28039023: New Jack City is convoluted, contrived, and heavy-handed, ending with a caption warning us to “confront the [drug] problem realistically, without empty slogans and promises”. Well, the characters in the movie certainly eschew empty slogans in favor of some of the most memorable catchphrases ever committed to film (“Sit your five-dollar ass down before I make change,” “I want to shoot you so bad, my d*ck’s hard,” etc., etc.), but it might be a bit of a stretch to say that they deal with the problem realistically – and it’s actually the little things, such as our old friend the Red Digital Readout, that cast doubt over the proceedings; conversely, the elephant in the room – i.e., the taking over and conversion into a huge crack house of an entire apartment complex – is based on fact (the hardest things to believe are sometimes the most veridical; compare the upside down-flying commercial airplane in Flight).
• The script is sometimes platitudinous, sometimes downright nonsensical, but always, as I hinted above, endlessly entertaining and quotable. Similarly, the plot and is underdeveloped but not shallow, and the film overall has its heart in the right place.
• This is a vibrant movie, but it’s not just for people who like bright colors; NJC knows the importance of looking beyond appearances. A scene of revelatory intertextuality has the antagonists watching Scarface and reaching the conclusion that the only thing Tony Montana ever did wrong was getting “careless.”
• And yet, this eye-opening irony is inexplicably lost on rappers like Lil Wayne and Tyga (both of whom have referred to themselves as ‘Young Nino’; don’t they remember or care that Nino Brown at one point literally uses a little girl as a human shield?), making them twice as dumb as the people who watch Scarface and leave with the impression that Tony Montana is a role model.
• All things considered, NJC is a rather uneven effort whose weaker moments get by on sheer style, reaching a noirish state where what is said and done takes a backseat to how it is said and how it is done – and in that sense Wesley Snipes’s star-making performance (and what should have been a breakthrough role for Chris Rock), supported by a rock-solid (as well as eclectic, ranging from Judd Nelson to Bill Cobbs, who even then was playing the Old Man) ensemble cast and Mario Van Peebles’s confident direction, is the glue that holds the film together.