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.
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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