| | | Two-Disc Special Edition
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Slip Sleeve, English, Spanish, Subtitled
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. Chris Rock and Vanessa Williams co-star. A dynamic cutting-edge soundtrack includes tunes by Ice T, Queen Latifah, 2 Live Crew and more.
"The excitement factor in New Jack City...is inescapable." Desson Howe, Washington Post
"A state-of-the-art gangster movie." Gene Seymour, Newsday
Editor's Note
A violent, kinetic gangster film with a strong anti-drug message, NEW JACK CITY is set in the mid-1980s during the height of the crack epidemic. Two street-wise undercover cops (Judd Nelson, Mario Van Peebles) go after Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes), a ruthless drug lord with extravagant taste in home furnishings. Desperate to bring down his multi-million dollar cocaine empire, they send Pookie (Chris Rock), a former street hustler and rehabilitated crack addict, into Nino's drug factory as an undercover spy. When the plan misfires, the cops must face Nino and his henchman in a bloody showdown.
| Features | 2-DVD Set | | Audio Commentary: Commentary by Director/Co-Star Mario Van Peebles | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Documentaries: New Jack City: A Hip-Hop Classic: Artists, Radio Personalities And Other Hip-Hop Icons Show Their Respect For The Movie That Brought The Streets To The Big Screen; New Jack City: Harlem World: Mario Van Peebles Checks Out The Sights And Sounds Of The Black Capital Of America; Harlem World: A Walk Inside: An Inside Look At The City Of Harlem. | | Interactive Menus | | Music Videos: "New Jack Hustler" - Ice-T; "'m Dreamin'" - Christopher Williams; "I Wanna Sex You Up" - Color Me Badd | | O-Sleeve Packaging | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Theatrical Trailer |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 8/23/2005 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 33532 | | UPC: 00085393353223 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (1992) | | | Ice-T, Nominee, Best Breakthrough Performance | | | Wesley Snipes, Nominee, Best Villain | | | Color Me Badd, Nominee, Best Movie Song |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...[Van Peebles directs with] energy and flash....Played commandingly by [Snipes]..." 03/08/1991 p.C15Rolling Stone
"NEW JACK CITY codified the hip-hop-gangsta image as much as any Ruthless Records release..." 08/25/2005 p.114 Uncut
"[I]t helped kick-start rap's march into the mainstream, and ignite black Hollywood." 02/01/2006 p.104 Mojo
4 stars out of 4 -- "Ice-T, Queen Latifah and 2 Live Crew provide the soundtrack....It's still extremely watchable." 05/01/2006 p.135 Washington Post 7 of 10
Mario Van Peebles' New Jack City whizzes past your head with the velocity of a bullet, and with such immediacy that it leaves behind a whiff of cordite. This tale of inner-city drug wars has a powder-keg explosiveness... Van Peebles...burns his debut as a director right into your gut... - Hal Hinson
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
...has a special impact, because this ambitious film aims to be a similar record of the rise and fall of a big drug business. The movie was advertised (no doubt wisely) as a slam-bang action adventure, but in fact it's a serious, smart film with an impact that lingers after the lights go up. - Roger Ebert
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