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New Jack City ★★½ 1991 (R)

Just say no ghetto-melodrama. Powerful performance by Snipes as wealthy Harlem drug lord sought by rebel cops Ice-T and Nelson. Music by Johnny Gill, 2 Live Crew, Ice-T and others. 101m/C VHS, DVD . Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Judd Nelson, Tracy C. Johns, Allen Payne, Kim Park, Vanessa Williams, Nick Ashford, Thalmus Rasulala, Michael Michele, Bill Nunn, Russell Wong; D: Mario Van Peebles; W: Keith Critchlow, Barry Michael Cooper; C: Francis Kenny; M: Roger Bourland, Michel Colombier.

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