New Jack City (1991)

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A really good anti-drug movie
by The_MOW in The_MOW Blog

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"Two cops (Ice-T and Judd Nelson) are on the hunt for a ruthless drug lord (Wesley Snipes), who is slowly taking over the New York City when he introduces crack cocaine to the city's drug addicted population. They go undercover on their own when the budget for their Task Force is cut for a short period. This movie has some of the best acting I've seen in a long time. Nelson, Ice-T and especially Snipes are great in their roles. Mario Van Peebles, who also directed "New Jack City", wasn't in the film that much, but his performance is just as good. Speaking of Peebles -- his direction was just as good as the performances of his cast. He used light and shadow to the movie's advantage quite well. He also used NYC just as well as he used the gritiest locations available to him to help show the world of a drug addict on quite possibly the most dangerous drug on the streets today. Another well done part of the movie is the makeup. You actually can believe the addicts are seriously having p ... " [More]

Bad boy gone Worst!!
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"NINO BROWN!! Thats my dogg!! Boooyyyy Wesley Snipes put it to these cats but Damnn!! he fell off at the end! Absolute Power man! It will get you every time! For me I think this movie started the whole gotta get the soundtrack thing. The music was felt throughout the whole movie and even defined most of the defining moments of the film. Not since (and I know I'm gonna get alot of flak for this) Scarface has a movie captured the angst of a charcter and made you root for them even though their desires and path would lead them to corruption and despair for others. Though we all knew he was wrong, somewhere along the way we knew that his good intentions went the way of the wind. " [More]

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