New Jack City (1991)

Watched in 2013 (229 movies items)

"April 12 "Man a drug dealer is the worst kind of brother. I mean, he won't sell it to his sister. He won't sell it to his mother, but he'll sell it to one a his boys on the street." I have been into those hood films lately. I just really like how realistic and uncompromising they are. The casting had a few odd choices, but the actors that are the odd choices actually do a good job. Most notably is Judd Nelson. He did a good job playing a role that I wasn't sure if he would be able to pull of"

100 Greatest Film Villains by Digitaldreamdoor (99 movies items)

"Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown #83"

The 100 Greatest Movie Threats of All Time (87 movies items)

""Sit your five-dollar ass down before I make change.""

A good movie

“I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but I thought the title was pretty badass so I was rather curious about it. Eventually, I must admit I was pleasantly surprised. For a directing debut, I must admit that Mario Van Peebles did a pretty good job. It was also a financial success and became the highest grossing independent feature of 1991 and it also launched the acting career of Ice T (ok, maybe that wasn’t such a good thing but whatever...). Anyway, I thought it was a really solid gangster feature. It might not be really original but I liked how relentless, dark and violent the whole thing was. Of course, I have no idea if it was realistic or not but it felt pretty genuine. There was also a very solid cast (Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Mic” read more

The evolution of Chris Rock (32 movies items)

"character : Pookie "