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New Jersey Drive (1995)

New Jersey Drive (1995)

Drama Crime Thriller

The Only Thing That Matters Is The Ride

Release Date: 1995, April 19
Directors: Nick Gomez
Countries: United States of America
Production: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Gramercy Pictures
Cast: Gwen McGee, Donald Faison, Gabriel Casseus, Christine Baranski, Heavy D, Ellsworth Davis, Saul Stein, Michèle Morgan, Roscoe Orman, Sharron Corley

Overview:

Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects.

Keywords:

new jersey brutality police troubled teen hip-hop black youths