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Gangbusting action flick NewJack City is the first in a number of high-profile movies by rising African-American filmmakers due to open in this country over the coming months. 'l‘revor Johnston talks to MARIO VAN PEEBLES whose first movie has taken more money at the US box office than any of Spike Lee‘s pictures to date.

Wesley Snipes as mobster Nino Brown in New Jack City, looking considerably tougher than in his previous role in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever.