Review of New Jack City (1991) by Terrance W — 20 Jun 2007

This movie gave a real look into what crack can do to a neighborhood at a time when people tried to write it off and simply distance themselves from the situation that was life for a lot of people. Great movie.

Chris Rock as a junkie, Wesley Snipes as a drug lord. Both of these performances deserved Oscars for the true to life portrayal. It was a serious movie about a serious subject and these two, along with Ice-T, Van Peebles, Allen Payne and the rest of the cast, did it justice.