Where to Watch New Jack City
- Doc WormJanuary 19, 2026Chris Rock crying while smoking crack during a lightning storm over a wailing guitar riffs playing in the background was the highlight for me. A garish and cartoony 90s urban exploitation film, New Jack City is a lot of fun if not completely bonkers and ridiculous. The exaggerated camera angles, set design, costuming and over the top performances make this movie. Parts of this I wondering if it had more in common with Batman & Robin or Juice.
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New Jack City was released on March 8, 1991.
New Jack City was directed by Mario Van Peebles.
New Jack City has a runtime of 1h 41m.
New Jack City was produced by Doug McHenry, George Jackson.
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miserably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher.
The key characters in New Jack City are Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes), Scotty Appleton (Ice-T), Garald "Gee Money" Welles (Allen Payne).
New Jack City is rated R.
New Jack City is a Thriller, Crime, Drama film.
New Jack City has an audience rating of 8 out of 10.
New Jack City had a budget of $8.5M.
New Jack City has made $47.6M at the box office.