A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Ice-T
- Scotty Appleton
- (as Ice T)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOn Inside the Actors Studio (1994), Chris Rock claimed that for several years following his acclaimed performance as a crack addict, drug dealers would approach him and put crack and cocaine in his pocket; joking that "they thought it was a documentary." He stated that, although he knew people who used crack at the time, he never did and, in his 1997 memoir "Rock This" had only smoked marijuana twice.
- GoofsPookie's time inside the Carter was extensively videotaped, and those tapes, which included G Money giving the order to kill Pookie after his cover is blown, were all saved by the cops. Despite all that taped evidence that could be used to either convict G Money and several others and/or flip them as witnesses against Nino, the operation is declared a total failure and the tapes are never used.
- Quotes
Nino Brown: [to Gee Money] You fucked up. You fucked up big time. You're incapable of running this shit.
[Gee Money stands up]
Nino Brown: *Sit* your five-dollar ass down before I make change!
- Alternate versionsGerman VHS & first DVD releases were edited for violence in two scenes (Nino kills a cop by cutting his throat/Scotty beats Nino at the end of the film), probably to secure a "Not under 16" rating. On TV the film was broadcast uncut. On the 2006 Special Edition DVD the film was released uncut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Christopher Williams: I'm Dreamin' (1991)
Featured review
Wesley Snipes Should Have Been Nominated
This is one great movie, but the thing that really made it special was Wesley Snipes portrayal of a totally despicable character in Nino Brown. He didn't portray Nino as the stereotypical drug dealer. Instead he portrayed Nino as a highly intelligent man who you wonder what would have happened if he had put his intelligence to more productive pursuits. Also, Ice-T wasn't bad in his first major role and you can see how much he has improved by watching Law and Order: SVU.
This is not your typical movie about the drug culture.
This is not your typical movie about the drug culture.
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- Sargebri
- Feb 12, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Zehirli Sokaklar
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,624,353
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,039,622
- Mar 10, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $47,624,353
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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