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.

New Jack City: Directed by Mario Van Peebles. With Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock. A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.

A modern-day crime epic focusing on the efforts of two unorthodox police officers to bring down a drug gang at the height of New York City's crack cocaine epidemic of 10 years ago.

Two streetwise cops embark on the riskiest mission of their careers when they go undercover to bust a ruthless drug kingpin reigning over Harlem.

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Two street-smart policemen will stop at nothing to destroy his organization.

"New Jack City" is an electrifying action/adventure film set in the heart of Harlem, New York, in 1986. This gripping crime thriller provides a raw depiction of the...

Mar 8, 1991 · Purchase New Jack City on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Wesley Snipes stars in this hard-edged film based on a frightening true world as Nino Brown, an American success story--with a twist.

Just as cool and topical today as when it first opened, New Jack City stars Wesley Snipes as the angel-of-death crack kingpin who holds a city in his grasp. Ice T, Judd Nelson and Mario Van Peebles (who also directs) play police officers who lay it all on the line.

1 day ago · Barry Michael Cooper in 1994 in Baltimore, where he lived. He wrote the screenplay for “New Jack City” (1991), which presaged a wave of films from Black directors and screenwriters that ...