New Jack City

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  1. Lord Blackbolt

    Lord Blackbolt Avenger

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    With American Gangster out....I thought people should remember this movie as well. Wesley Snipes...in a good acting role other than a action star. Mario Peeples before his career was at it's low point. Chris Rock as a crack head. This movie was awesome to me. It was a little over the top, but I love it.

    Why is it that rap stars always have posters of ScarFace, but don't give props to New Jack City. I'd think that movie would be more Gangsta Rap than ScarFace?
     
    #1 Lord Blackbolt, Nov 11, 2007
  2. Dark Donnie

    Dark Donnie Kenny Powers is Back!

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    I agree...Rappers just like Scarface because of all the memorable lines, drugs, and money....
     
    #2 Dark Donnie, Nov 11, 2007
  3. Lord Blackbolt

    Lord Blackbolt Avenger

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    New Jack as all that too.
     
    #3 Lord Blackbolt, Nov 11, 2007
  4. Golgo-13

    Golgo-13 The Return of the O.G

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    I love Snipes in NJC.
     
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  5. KenK

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    And it's crazy, because New Jack City acknowledges Scarface as well.

    I think it still holds up very well, even if it ends a little too melodramatically. Not to mention being very one-sided.

    Ideally, I tend to prefer Deep Cover.
     
    #5 KenK, Nov 11, 2007
  6. TNC9852002

    TNC9852002 Banned User

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    lol. This movie is such a guilty pleasure..

    -TNC
     
    #6 TNC9852002, Nov 11, 2007
  7. tzarinna

    tzarinna Mamochka

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    God this movie was the first thing I thought of while watching the trailer for American Gangster. This was a great movie of it's time, I thought. That's when I fell in love with Ice T, crazy ****er. :rolleyes:
     
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  8. Arkady Rossovich

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    [​IMG]
     
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  9. Mister J

    Mister J Enlightened to the Great Darkness

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    This movie is still a favorite. A lot of memorable (some just outright funny) lines. :up:

    Still like to pop in the DVD every now and then.
     
    #9 Mister J, Nov 17, 2007
  10. Brick

    Brick Tropical Caterpiller

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    So true
     
    #10 Brick, Nov 18, 2007
  11. Mr Jide

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    I havn't seen this movie in ages...I need to get the dvd.
     
    #11 Mr Jide, Nov 18, 2007
  12. Warhammer

    Warhammer Half Monk, Half Hitman

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    This is one of my favorite films. :up:

    "Sit yo five dollar ass down, before I make change."

     
    #12 Warhammer, Nov 18, 2007
  13. TNC9852002

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    Li-vin', just enough..for the city...

    ..In a neeeeewwwwwww...jaaaaaaack...

    citttyyy....eeeey-eeeeyy....eeee-eeeeyyy..


    ooooooooooooohhhhh yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.. :p

    -TNC
     
    #13 TNC9852002, Nov 18, 2007
  14. Memphis Slim

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    This was a ghetto classic! The soundtrack was the bomb!!!!!
     
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  15. Memphis Slim

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    "CMB! WE ALL WE GOT!" BLAM! :wow:
     
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  16. Memphis Slim

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    Harlem just couldn't catch a break from hustlin' scumbags. Heroin in the 70's ....crack in the 80's. This was based on a true story....just like American Gangster.

    I wonder if the Nino character was inspired by Frank Lucas. They both did the poison your people thing and give turkeys away at Thanksgiving.
     
    #16 Memphis Slim, Nov 19, 2007
  17. KenK

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    Yeah, but the thing about Nino was, there was no way for you to NOT know what he was about. There was so much flashiness to him, compared to Frank Lucas.
     
    #17 KenK, Nov 19, 2007
  18. Memphis Slim

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    Awwww..grasshopper. Not true. They polished that up in the movie. He lots of garish pimp clothes. The movie did some creative changes.

    And if Lucas is gunning down cats in the street, how can you not know what he was about?
     
    #18 Memphis Slim, Nov 19, 2007
  19. Warhammer

    Warhammer Half Monk, Half Hitman

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    I thought that Nino Brown was fictional. Only the drug problem was real.
     
    #19 Warhammer, Nov 19, 2007
  20. tzarinna

    tzarinna Mamochka

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jack_City

    I guess this is true.
     
    #20 tzarinna, Nov 19, 2007
  21. Warhammer

    Warhammer Half Monk, Half Hitman

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    Thanks Tzarinna.
    I could've sworn the end of the film said something along the lines of "Nino Brown is fictional, but there are many Nino Browns currently out there."
     
    #21 Warhammer, Nov 19, 2007
  22. Memphis Slim

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    The character is fictional. but the story is based on a real life scumbag. :yay:
     
    #22 Memphis Slim, Nov 19, 2007
  23. Warhammer

    Warhammer Half Monk, Half Hitman

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    You know what? I just realized something. The thing above says Nino Brown was based on Nicky Barnes. Wasn't Nicky Barnes played by Cuba Gooding Jr. in American Gangster?

    :wow:
     
    #23 Warhammer, Nov 19, 2007
  24. tzarinna

    tzarinna Mamochka

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    #24 tzarinna, Nov 19, 2007
  25. Assassin32

    Assassin32 Or: Ronin Iscariot

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    Pretty good homage to The Untouchables. I got the two-disc DVD a few Christmas's back.
     
    #25 Assassin32, Nov 19, 2007
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