New Jack City Reviews

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 Michele, Judd Nelson, Vanessa Williams) with a badass Wesley Snipes. It was also impressive to see Chris Rock giving a very convincing performance as a crack addict. It is actually too bad that he nowadays only shows up in comedies when he is actually quite talented. To conclude, I thought it was a good gangster flick, one of the best in its genre actually , and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like this kind of movies.

okay could have been better overshadowed by other films - OST is the best feature - espically the Ice's input.