New Jack City is a 1991 crime-thriller/Neo-noir film starring Wesley Snipes, Ice T, Halley Berry, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson and Chris Rock. New Jack City was the first theatrically released feature film for the film's director and co-star Mario Van Peebles. It was filmed from April 16 to June 6, 1990. New Jack City was based on the exploits of the notorious drug lord Kenneth Supreme Mcgriff, Nicky Barnes, Felix Mitchell and the Chambers Brothers .

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 every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate them, but the trial fails miserably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. Written by Mattias Thuresson

A modern-day crime epic focusing on the efforts of two unorthodox police officers to bring down a drug gang at the height of New York City's crack cocaine epidemic of 10 years ago. The film also chronicles the rise and fall of Nino Brown, the antagonist of the film, in a light study of drug proliferation and its effects on poor neighborhoods. As numerous attempts to break the control of the gang fail and violence begins to escalate, how far will the police go to catch Nino Brown? Written by Emperor Palpatine

In 1989, Nino Brown, a small time drug dealer, is convinced by one of his fellow thugs that the wave of the future is in the cocaine derivative, crack. Brown sees potential in crack and sets out to establish himself as chief kingpin by killing off his rivals and even going as far as to take over a whole apartment complex. Out to stop him are undercover cops Scottie Appleton and Nick Paretti. Appleton especially wants to get Nino because of the fact that he murdered Scottie's mother as part of a gang initiaton. Also involved is Pookie, a former crackhead who wants to bring down Nino as well. Written by Brian Washington