New Jack City (1991) - Quotes

Survival Through Friends, Trust, and Power

Taglines: Where survival depends on friends, trust and power... An organized crime family out to run this city is up against cops who knows its streets.

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The Rise of a New Breed of Gangsters

Taglines: They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.

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A Soul's Reckoning in New Jack City

Old Man: [[Hell; shoots and kills Nino] (last lines) Idolator! Your soul is required in ]!

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Desperation in a Moment of Crisis

Pookie: [as Pooky peers into camera in despair] Scottie, help me - I'm gonna die!

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Enterprise Room: A Space for Escape

Pookie: (Pooky describing a room used for freebasing) They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty.

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Struggling with Addiction's Pull

Pookie: (sobbing) I tried to kick... but that shit just be callin me man, it be callin me, man... I just got to go to it!

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High-Tech Setup Comparison in New Jack City

Pookie: They got that shit hooked up like Mission Impossible, man!

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A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Scotty Appleton: Yeah, yeah, yeah- a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Now, back to the titties— what's goin on in this drug store?

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Desire for Revenge Against Nino Brown

Scotty Appleton: I don't know about you, man, but I'm ready to kill Nino Brown.

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The Betrayal of Brotherhood in Drug Dealing

Scotty Appleton: Man, a drug dealer is the worst kind of brother. I mean, he won't sell it to his sister, he won't sell it to his mother- but he'll sell it to one of his boys on the street.

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Confronting a Past Mistake

Scotty Appleton: Oh shit, that's the kid I shot!

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A Missed Opportunity for Revenge

Scotty Appleton: I should have killed you myself, bitch!

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Intense Desire for Violence

Scotty Appleton: I wanna shoot you so bad, my dick's hard!

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Personal Matters Take Precedence Over Business

Scotty Appleton: This ain't business, bitch- this is personal!

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Tension and Frustration in Dialogue

Gee Money: (talking to Duh Duh Man)...UNADULTERATED! Would you please shut the fuck up before you have a seizure!!

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Confrontation and Disrespect in New Jack City

Gee Money: (talking to Uniqua) I knew I should've treated you like a hooker, you ain't nothing but a high-priced ho! Put Nino on the phone, bitch!

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Desire and Excess in Urban Life

Gee Money: Look man, I don't know about all that "Change the World" shit, but what I do know, is that they be going crazy over this, man! I'm tellin you! And the bitches? Oh, Lord! The bitches! Yo! They do anything for this, man! Yo, I had my jimmy waxed every day last week, ya understand?! Several times a day!

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Drugs and Death: A Universal Issue

Nick Peretti: This whole drug shit: it's not a black thing, it's not a white thing. It's a death thing. Death don't give a shit about color.

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Nino Brown's Dismissive Remark

Nino Brown: I never liked you anyway, pretty motherfucka!

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Taking Over the Carter with Hostile Intentions

Nino Brown: Yeah, we takin over the Carter. We gon bum rush the whole damn thing. Now if the tenants cooperate, oh, it'll be lovely; they'll be loyal customers. If they don't, fuck it, it's like Beirut- they'll become live-in hostages.

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Materialism and Disregard in Nino Brown's Perspective

Nino Brown: Cancel dat bitch! I'll buy another one!

Accountability and the Drug Trade Debate

Nino Brown: [testifying in court] I'm not guilty. You're the one that's guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Colombian drug lords, all you who lobby against making drugs legal. Just like you did with alcohol during Prohibition. You're the one who's guilty. I mean, c'mon, let's kick the ballistics here: ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business. This is the American way.