---
title: 'New Jack City (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mario Van Peebles'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/new-jack-city-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102526/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# New Jack City (1991)

1991 · 100 min · Drama, Action, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

New Jack City is a 1991 American crime action film directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, based on a story by Wright. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Bill Cobbs, Bill Nunn, and Van Peebles. Its plot follows Nino Brown, a drug lord in New York City during the crack epidemic, and Scotty Appleton, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) detective who vows to end Nino's rise to power by going undercover to work for Nino's gang.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mario Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-van-peebles)
- **Screenplay:** [Barry Michael Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-michael-cooper)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Colombier](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-colombier)
- **Producer:** [George Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-jackson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Francis Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-kenny)
- **Editor:** [Steven Kemper](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-kemper)

## Cast

- [Bill Cobbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-cobbs)
- [Thalmus Rasulala](https://cinepixo.com/people/thalmus-rasulala)
- [Allen Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-payne)
- [Chris Rock](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-rock)
- [Vanessa Estelle Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-estelle-williams)
- [Michael Michele](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-michele)
- [Christopher Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-williams)
- [Ice-T](https://cinepixo.com/people/ice-t)
- [Bill Nunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-nunn)
- [Leo O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-o-brien)
- [Mario Van Peebles](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-van-peebles)
- [Tracy Camilla Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracy-camilla-johns)
- [Judd Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/judd-nelson)
- [Russell Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-wong)
- [Wesley Snipes](https://cinepixo.com/people/wesley-snipes)

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