New Jack City will forever be a classic not only to Black cinema, but the film industry overall.

“We showed ‘New Jack City,’ and kids stood up and said, ‘Just say no, motherf–ka.’” “You know, ‘Scarface,’ Tony Montana, it’s still a little aspirational sniffing mountains of coke … but there is no way in ‘New Jack City’ when you see that alleyway scene to say, ‘You know, this looks like a real good idea.’ Nothing sexy about it at all.,” the 65-year-old exclaimed.

When it appears as if Nino will only perform the barest of duties, an older man part of the drug-riddled Harlem neighborhood shoots him while shouting, “Idolator!” Nino has finally made it to the courtroom. Pookie makes himself known after relapsing and gets killed.Īppleton and Paretti swear to destroy Nino and his drug empire. Stone, Paretti, and Appleton try to collect evidence against Nino using Pookie, a reformed informant played by Chris Rock. Nino is up against two undercover police officers named Nick Paretti (played by Judd Nelson) and Scotty Appleton (played by Ice-T) and the leader of the undercover operation Stone played by Van Peebles. The film is centered around the brutal mobster Nino Brown, (portrayed by Wesley Snipes) and his drug dealing crew called the Cash Money Brothers, who sells a new crack derivative. The anti-drug movie New Jack City that Mario Van Peebles not only starred in, but also directed centers on the drug war that is being waged in the Black community. This 1991 classic will forever reign supreme in Black cinema!

Panther by Melvin Van Peebles