Top 10 Movie Drug Dealers
#5
Nino Brownplayed by Wesley Snipesin New JackCity (1991)
Usually, when I make a Wesley Snipes reference it is followed by a lame tax evasion joke but I shall try my best to refrain here as I discuss number five on my list. Set on the streets of New York during the crack boom of the late 80s-early 90s, New Jack City paints the drug world in a truly grim light. As drug lord Nino Brown, Snipes has absolutely no redeeming qualities. Directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles, New Jack City was a surprise success at the box office, in no small part thanks to Snipes charismatic Machiavellian turn as Nino. Snipes had not ascended to the height of his fame when he made New Jack City but he stands out head and shoulders above his cast mates, who to be fair were Ice-T and Judd Nelson, and shows why he became a big star in the nineties and started earning the big bucks I bet he had to pay a lot of tax on those earnings though Oh wait (Damn it! So close)