New
Jack City
New
Jack City is about Nino Brown, and his gang, that ends up becoming the major
drug ring in NYC. They end up
converting an old apartment building into a crack house that ends up being
extremely successful for them, however they need to deal with a team of under
covers. It takes place in the
1980’s when crack cocaine just surfaced and was pretty much unheard of before
that.
I chose to watch
this movie for a few reasons. One
of the main reasons was the actors who were listed in it. I love Wesley Snipes, Ice-T and Chris
Rock. I’m a big “White Men Can’t
Jump” fan, “Law and Order” fan and “Rush Hour” fan. I also chose this movie because I love movies about
drugs/crime and seeing how they pan out.
I loved seeing how the director, Mario Van Peebles, interpreted the
crime/drugs, especially the crack house that was converted from apartments.
After
watching this movie I realized there was a lot more to it, than I thought. I picked New Jack City because I thought
it would be a fun movie to watch and it would simply appeal to me. However, I found some themes in it that
I didn’t expect myself to see, one of them being, illegal activity will pretty
much always result in a negative situation. Although the crew was making extremely good money through
selling drugs, a lot of lives were lost and the survivors got in trouble with
the law.
This
is somewhat random but I also chose this movie because I thought I would enjoy
the soundtrack, the culture and the fashion that the characters wore in this
flick. I was right, I’m a big old
school/90’s hip-hop head and the soundtrack was definitely spot on and kept me
interested.
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