New Jack City Page #4

Synopsis: The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miserably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Mario Van Peebles
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1991
97 min
2,994 Views


It's time to let it show

Music is funky

Girls are so fly

So sweet and fine

Gee Money, come here,

come here, come here.

That the skeezer you met

at Frankie's strip joint?

Yeah, Uniqua.

What's up, brother?

You f***ing her correctly, or what?

Once, but I just met her. You know,

I need time to get to know her.

I heard that.

Lord, have mercy.

You want to play rough?

Say hello to my little friend.

The world is mine.

And the brothers too, now.

Don't forget us.

The world is yours, Nino.

Only you won't be as careless

as Tony Montana, now will you?

You absolutely right.

I like this girl of yours.

He ain't got no papers

or a leash on me.

You know what happens

when dogs don't have a leash.

They run the streets

and f*** everything in sight.

It's true. I ain't got no papers

or no leash on her.

But nothing comes between us.

The world is mine!

All mine!

What the f*** are you doing up there?

A man like you, Nino,

needs to leave a legacy.

A son. A mark to let the world know

that he was here.

You know, you absolutely right.

Sh*t. It ain't like I ain't

been trying. Ain't that right?

She can't have kids.

She can't f***, either.

Maybe that's why she can't have no kids.

That ain't right, man.

That ain't right.

- She can't?

- She can't.

Too bad.

You're goddamn right that's too bad.

Nino, you need to go get your girl.

You're right. I tell you what.

If I was you, I'd be looking

for the pimples on her booty.

Why the f*** did you have

to say that sh*t?

I told you before she couldn't

make no babies!

I love you!

And now you're taking me for granted.

How can you do that?

This is corny!

This is soap-opera sh*t!

- You act like I owe you something.

- You do.

I don't owe you jack.

Okay, you did give me

a couple of books to read.

And helped me build the brothers. But I

was your ticket out of a boring life...

...when your rich doctor daddy was

making house calls at Harlem General.

What's up with that? Right?

When your kleptomaniac mother

was housing sh*t in Bloomingdales.

Don't throw no sh*t in my face...

You ever touch me again, I'll...

Yeah, I'm aware of that situation.

Stone, your man hired an ex-dealer.

I know it seems a little unconventional.

Appleton and Peretti report to me.

- Is it out of control?

- Don't worry.

Don't blow this.

- Does the Commissioner know about this?

- No, not yet.

Good.

I told you about that new-jack-cop sh*t.

I give you a chance and you hire a

notorious crackhead. What's with you?

Why don't you get off my dick?

When you're ready to put your sideline

ass on the frontline, let me know.

Excuse me. Is this

some kind of black thing?

Yes, it is, so keep your

toy Mafia butt out of it!

F*** the Mafia! I'm going to wax

your high-yellow, narrow-ass butt!

Cool it!

Relax, all right?

If you won't handle this,

why don't you send the white boy...

...inside the Carter with

the National Guard?

What we need is a videotape

of this whole operation.

We need evidence of the

financial records to make it work.

I work there. I'm the lookout from

...in one of the apartment windows.

I had to fill out an application.

They asked if I still got high.

They remember me from before.

Because I was one of their first loyal

customers. I used to get f***ed up.

Cracker barrel, cracker ass.

I got it, I got it.

This belt is really a video camera.

These wire transmitters will be

taped to you for sound.

It'll send your communication to us,

as well as sounds and images around you.

It will also pick up

sh*t you can't even hear.

You'll be great.

You're the best man for this job.

You're a f***ing genius.

Your mother.

Pookie, we're counting on you.

You can help us bring down CMB.

Try this on.

You with it?

I'm with it, man.

Let's roll with it.

Put it on.

Pookie, come here, man.

Come here.

You know, I told Gee Money

how good you been.

How you've been bringing in

lots of customers.

And you're just a lookout.

Anything that makes them

more money they like.

This might be it.

We're promoting you.

Check it out.

Soon. Let's get going with it.

Jackpot! System!

He's inside! Yes!

This kid's been bringing us

a lot of business.

I'd like to take a shot

at one of those computer terminals.

- Can you program PASCAL?

- Can a white man dance?

I guess not. But people change,

they lose interest.

Today's your lucky day, homeboy.

I'm promoting your ass.

You still on the pipe?

No way.

Good. Real good.

Because you'll be working

in the Drug Store.

I'm glad you got confidence in me.

See you.

- Keep an eye on that kid.

- Why? What's wrong?

He's light-fingered.

Keep an eye on the product.

I don't think Pookie's ready

to be in a room full of crack.

I'm ready. Don't I look ready now?

I was born ready.

Ready to die.

Stay out of this.

He's already on the inside.

With a little more time...

...we'll have enough information

to put Nino away for good.

In my opinion, we get him out...

If I want your opinion, I'll give it.

I'm against it.

- But it's your call.

- And your funeral.

We told them, man.

Ready? Sh*t.

You better be ready,

because you owe a lot of people.

You owe me. You owe yourself.

You owe the whole community.

You even owe my mother.

Yeah, that's right.

A junkie just like you

killed my mother in 1974.

Didn't take money or jewelry.

Just took her life.

I don't know what you got left in your

so-called rehabilitated body.

But you better find something

because you owe a lot of people.

A lot of people. You owe, Pook.

You got skim milk in them titties?

One and a-two and a-three and a-four...

I'll give you something to look at.

Superfly, there's something wrong

with your boy.

What's happening with Pookie?

I have no idea.

You should, he's your plant.

Cool out. You're jumping the gun.

But something's wrong with your guy.

"Four score and seven years... "

- Is that a secret code for help?

- No, it's a black thing.

I'm tired of your stuff.

I'm tired of this dude.

What's wrong, fool?

Just doing a workout. This is

a tough job. Got to stay in shape.

A workout like this

boosts worker morale.

You think I'm stupid.

You're a high motherf***er.

You 5-0?

- Sh*t! His cover's blown!

- Let's go!

Are you 5-0?!

Take him outside...

...and kill him!

And blow the building!

Help me! I'm going to die!

Let's go!

Let's go!

Let me through!

I'll do the b*tch!

Clear!

Police! Get out! Come on!

- Nothing here!

- Let's get out of here!

Come here. Hold on.

Keep your head down.

Scotty!

Where the hell are you?

Touch him, it blows.

- Do this.

- There's too many wires.

Pick one.

Come on!

Light! I can't see! Give me a light!

Hold it there.

Scotty, on 3...

...I want you to slowly,

gently pull out the blue wire.

One.

One's the ground.

Which?

- I don't know!

- 3 seconds left!

I knew it! You ain't nothing

but a high-priced whore.

Put Nino on, b*tch.

It's for you.

What's up?

I know you're having a good time,

but we were infiltrated.

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Thomas Lee Wright

Thomas Lee Wright, an American writer and Academy Award nominated filmmaker, is best known for his timely and powerful documentaries, including "Edith+Eddie" (producer) which won the IDA (International Documentary Association) Best Short award and an Oscar nomination, "Eight-Tray Gangster" (director) for the Discovery Channel which tells the story of L.A.'s Rodney King riots from a gang member's perspective, and the award-winning WTO 'Battle in Seattle' chronicle "Trade Off" (producer) for Human Rights Watch. Three of his films deal with war veterans - "The Long Ride Home" (director), "To Them That's Gone" (exec producer) and "Last Flag Flying" (exec producer) which he developed as a feature film for director Richard Linklater, starring Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne. Wright also penned the original screenplay for the Warner Brothers hit "New Jack City" starring Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock and Ice-T, which the New York Times called "an urban classic" on the 25th anniversary of its premiere. A Minnesota native, Wright attended Harvard University, writing and directing plays and earning a degree in English Literature with honors, then studied Irish Theater at Trinity College, Dublin, while playing point guard for its national championship basketball team. Moving to Los Angeles, Wright became a story editor at Walt Disney and Columbia Pictures, before serving as a creative executive at Paramount Pictures, where he helped develop "48 HRS", "Trading Places", "Flashdance" and other movies. Wright's treatment for "The Godfather, Part Three" launched his screenwriting career and led to writing projects for every major studio and many of Hollywood's top producers, including Peter Guber, Dino De Laurentiis, Mike Medavoy, Daniel Melnick and Don Simpson, among others. Wright co-wrote a pair of definitive widely-used books about filmmaking - 'Working in Hollywood' traces the making of a motion picture through tasks performed by 64 different workers behind the scenes, and 'American Screenwriters' which is a collection of interviews with top writers discussing the craft and business of screenwriting. more…

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