"New Jersey Drive" Movie Review | The BlackBusters Podcast Ep.43
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New Jersey Drive is a 1995 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Gomez and executive produced by Spike Lee. The film is about joyriding teenagers in 1990s Newark, New Jersey, then known as the "car theft capital of the world".
Jason (Sharron Corley) is an impoverished youth growing up in the slums of New Jersey. He and his pal Midget (Gabriel Casseus) get their thrills by stealing cars and taking them for joyrides. Eventually, the boys grow more serious about auto theft when they realize they can earn cash by passing off the lifted cars to black-market dealers -- which proves to be a risky way to make a living. Soon Jason finds himself on the wrong side of the law, and makes a dangerous enemy in his neighborhood.
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They were just stealing cars in Newark just to steal cars. There was no reason. They were just bored 😆 Newark was a wild place in the 90s 🤦🏾♂️
Newark has the port to send the cars across the Atlantic Ocean
Wrong! Cars were stolen for the parts to make a profit. I'm from Newark. That's how I know.
I remember everytime we went to see family in Newark … we had to remove the battery from the car ….. lol yea Newark was wild back then
I'm upset with this one they keep calling Newark Camden. One thing I learned from this one is Newark or just Jersey goes harder than LA fuck the whole state of Cali
All wrong was stealing cars because the city of Newark shut everything down for the kids the state of New Jersey took over the city of Newark this has nothing to do with Camden the police would beat on us there was no laws for stealing cars it was called at that time Joy riding!!! 1
The Lexus scene with midget is showing the escalation of character. Midget was a man , he went from car theft to jacking . He got stakes . He got to feed his Granny . The lead wasn't ready for that . He was stuck at the joy riding phaze . The rest of the crew moved up to hustling and busting they guns . The story should have built around midget character .
they shouldve built it around midget, but jason still the main character with midget tryin to put jason on!
Hell yeah. I grew up in Jersey City,NJ right across the bridge to Newark. This is one my favorites of all time. Its a hometown classic. The movie takes place in Newark, NJ. Not Camden.
The soundtrack was a banger
Most definitely OutKast Benz or Beamer stays in the rotation
@@henrywitherspoon8064‼️
What a lot of folks don't know is that cars were contracted to be stolen for insurance money back in the late 80's mid 90's in Jersey.
To me this movie has never been more relevant than now, where I'm from, young kids are stealing cars daily left and right and on the news constantly. This movie represents youth defiance and lack of self-worth, period.
It was in Newark NJ, not Camden
Nah they were def just stealing cars for no damn reason in Newark. To a point they will have road dividers in certain areas of Newark blocking streets because it was such a problem
Yup Irvington prime example Hopkins and Ellis Newark and Irvington board line and 22nd next to maple gardens area side blocks
This was Newark,NJ in the early nineties by the time the movie came out it had slowed down but it was what was going on. I know it looks unbelievable but the Young Gs getting a kick out of stealing cars and doing "Donuts"and the hood cheering them on and the cops getting outsmarted,outwitted and just starting to shoot the Young Gs and some lost their lives;was the real. Lil Brick Projects Muhammad Ali Ave Newark,NJ Brick City stand up,you remember.
Growing up, this (along with menace to society) we my two fav movies. Loved hood movies, an cars. So it only made sense that I loved this movie… but as an adult I can definitely see that this movie was missing ALOT. It still holds a special place in my childhood
Y'all should do poetic justice next
I feel like Midget set Jason up to frfr
I can feel the frustration in Bigg Jah's face 😂 . I myself, watched the movie when I was 12 and while I enjoyed it, it never stuck with me like Juice, Menace II Society or Clockers or Boyz N da Hood. The characters felt disposable and the dialogue held NO weight. Ya'' forgot to mention the over use of "Nah'm saying" in the dialogue, it was used SO much that everything else go lost in translation for me anyway. Again, enjoyable film but nothing to take home. No high stakes, no redemption arc, no sad ending..just empty like a vacant lot.
Y’all gotta do “LOCKDOWN” next!
Yall showing you are west coast dudes, no disrespect but in the 90s that how it was. In fact presently in cleveland we actually have a crew called kia boys who are just stealing kias for the hell of it
Easily in my top 5 greatest movie's
NJD still got the same. Especially since kids are stealing cars just to steal cars again. Wasn’t missing a plot because that’s really how it was. Life then was really “what’s the reason” lol. Jah sounded offended. That was funny, his frustration. I knew too many dudes that was every goofy ass character in the movie to the T. The movie escaped the Hollywood fell in what y’all are wanting with the writing. Still written well. Wasn’t a lot of dialogue. Cali just having a hard time understanding that particular culture lol.
The point of the movie was the pointlessness of what young blacks in New Jersey in the hood were doing.
It was fire. Soundtrack was the shitttttt. The Queen Latifah & outkast songs were the shitttt
7,785 car thefts in my city last yr, majority by Youngsters.
In Too Deep #MovieReview
"in too deep","Ray", or "Malcolm X"???
Loooove it, loooove it , loooove it , think about her , think about her , shit the fuck up talking bout you drunk , now im drunk on Revenge motherfucker lmao 😂 !
Stop playing games Jah. Do Fresh!!!!!!!!
WHAT TWO ✊✊? WOW 😳😮 FOUR FIST MINIMUM JAH AND TONE!
This is the movie that inspired the Kia boys😂😂
Let's not act like this movie didn't predict the kia boyz
This is definitely one of the worst movies I've ever watched.
😂 the scene with Jason’s mom always cracks me up “shut up! What the hell you laughing witcho bald headed ass” 😂😂😂 and Midget’s laugh made it even more hilarious
Especially when Midget seen her drive off in that bucket, I was laughing with him 😆
😂😂😂😂 he said she need to get her oil checked out
FACTS 😂
😂😂😂😂😂wordddd
right after moms slap dude said you talkin bout that cop you better watch out for moms. not exactly what he said but it was hilarious
Someone beat me to it but yes it's Newark New Jersey not Camden New Jersey but you guys keep cranking out the dope content
Based on Newark New Jersey filmed in Brooklyn Sharron Corley was member of the Lo Lifes crew. Newark was known as the car theft capital dudes was really like that boosting and jacking cars just to put on shows
They had real street dudes in the movie also specially during the fight scene in the projects
Gabriel Casseus was in spot roles in a lot of movies if you saw his face you'd recognize his face. New Jersey Drive was an art film the director said he used to steal cars and go joyriding when he was a youth.
Heavy D was going off on Tiny Dime & Midget in this movie 😂😂😂
Tiny dime
I was so surprised of him cursing even using the F word that was crazy 😂😂
@@gloriempaka9474 exactly he never curses in his songs
@@henrywitherspoon8064 exactly rip to him 🙏🏼
@@gloriempaka9474 is that you if it is you’re gorgeous
If yall doing NJ drive yall either gotta do Strapped(1994) or clockers
BOTH
Aye,! Gotta do Strapped fo sho!!!
I definitely understand the idea of potentially gettin lost on what they was tryna do wit this movie but I believe based on the first time I rewatched this an adult a few years back that they gave it a lack of substance in so many categories because in these types of environments when kids are uninformed and pretty ignorant to morals and logical reasoning this is literally how they live theres no remorse no deep thought process behind it they just do just because and they cant think of anything better or smarter to do and lack the faith in themselves to see themselves doing more and the things there doing are so reckless I believe its supposed to fuel that thought of why like what possible reason could they be this reckless and maybe the point is there is no good reason to be that reckless and i think they wanted people to just see it as a sad pointless waist of black lives and how easily it can happen without anyone putting enough concern to it to prevent it from happening i think the whole vibe the movie is supposed to leave people with is like wtf as a way to potentially get people to stray away from that lifestyle or try to help prevent it for those they know or care about based off seeing how much of waste it is and how easily a kid can start out a kid and get into that lifestyle and become stagnant with a mind of not knowing or hoping for anything better and i can say from seeing this type of stuff still happening to this day alot and not even in New Jersey its very possible for this typa sad and pointless aimless scenario to happen in real life and this might be alot to ask of the watcher but i feel they want us to assume they started doin these kinda reckless acts at a way younger age than they were when the story starts cause that’s usually when young people who do this typa stuff start making it much easier for them to get stuck into the mentality of fuck it lets steal a whip
In the 90’s car thefts was huge in Newark NJ. Guys was stealing cars for the thrill of it, some was stealing cars for money at the chop shop…. The movie basically is just showing how wild it was at the time and how there really wasn’t a reason for it other then the adrenaline rush.
Where I'm from we have kids stealing cars everyday, 11-17 years doing it for kicks and they're getting out the next day
@Scrotey McBoogerballs 💯 correct
In a day in age where kid a steal Kia’s mom car ass Kia’s. I confused what more understanding is needed. They were kids with no hope doin dumb ish.
Review Straight Outta Brooklyn 1991. Another classic.
It was actually Newark New Jersey
Afro was also in a diff crew, it is subtle, but he was not with them anymore--he was hustling. He shot at Jason to save face and keep his rep after getting snuffed in front of everyone.
Yupp- I always peeped that‼️ Its crazy because Midget laughed at Jason after Ritchie shot him and told him he made a mistake, knowing that he was part of a drug crew. They were also from the same projects.
Appreciate your analysis B…💪🏿
@@kwajotube thank you for dropping his name. I could not remember it. Might watch it this weekend. Also Midget wasn’t 💩🤣
It was Newark, not CMD. But in 90s Newark, car jacking was an epidemic. I agree with yall about the plot holes in the movie, and it lacking a story. When I'm watching it, I like to just think of it as a snapshot of what life was really like. There's no actors, no script, it's just real life
2/5 was a correct score for this. Great snapshot of how Jersey was in the 90s, it made you feel the hopelessness of Jason clique, and I feel like Midget's character made the movie. Negatives: the story was lost, there was more to be desired regarding the lines, and sometimes you had to fill in the blanks regarding things happening in the movie/characters
What the difference between Cochise and Preach and Jason and Midget? Both doing stupid stuff for kicks. Growing I knew more Jason's than the opposite. I gave my moms little information on the dumb stuff I was doing, and like Jason it took real consequences for me to change my ways. His crew and having fun was life for him, doing school work and thinking about College was corny for Jason, myself and the homies I was around. Young people in the past and today think their invincible and that's what this movie represents.
The movie is depicting the story of the typical east coast “crash dummies”. They’re typically young and just enjoy the thrill of doing wild shit. Their friends would get locked up, hurt, or killed but it just fuels the urge for the rush.
It also shows the lack of guidance from OGs in the northeast. We definitely had (and still have) OGs that would try to take youngins under their wings but the cities like Newark and NYC are so big and fast paced that so many kids just slip through the gaping cracks.
This is an overthinking thought review... It wasn't that difficult to process...
Why was Oran Juice Jones in so many of these movies in the early 90's
You guys aren’t from the east coast, so it’s hard for you to understand. It’s Newark, and they Joy Ride on New Jersey Ave which is like Crenshaw to you. Back in the 80’s and 90’s growing up, stealing cars and joyriding was the thing to do. Not for money just for fun like the KIA boys now. Newark had one of the highest rates of car theft in the country. They had task force like the movie, they just arrested them and they back on the streets the same day. This movie was made to highlight the situation of the city and culture, it wasn’t really made to tell a personal story.
It def felt like bias for this review for sure. It's one of my favorite hood movies easily. I think them being from the west coast showed with this review.
@@gifi11 unfortunately it really did, they just didn’t get the culture.
Remember ppl saying don’t stop at red lights in Newark at night cause 9/10 u was getting jacked
I felt the same way...dont they usually have a co host representing the particular setting of the film??? This one they didn't...
I totally get you but a film should be made to not only entertain and expose people to a culture, it should also touch deeper. if it's a documentary I would excude it but its a feature film. There has to be ups, downs, whys, ifs and buts but the film had none of it. Lastly I still enjoyed the film regardless but these are the reasons why it doesn't get talked about like its predecessors.
Everything y’all don’t understand about this movie. Was NJ in the 90s😂
That’s the part they’re missing. There was no structure to the hood. It was just the wild Wild West.
Y’all are for real covering everything we grew up watching. Much love !!! Keep it going
You guys are wrong about this movie. I can tell you may be from around but you wasn't really around. That movie was made for those of us who were really around. Those were real character traits for those characters. The kid was so quiet because he was learning in real time. His homies were super grimy and acted accordingly. Midge Uncle was a older broke grimy Nigga and acted as such, and the police did what police did back then. This was a sad movie because it was so realistic, and was good because it showed how fucked up shit was in the 90s
This was a great analysis. Would love to see Jody & Yvette next
I’m from New Orleans and kids are stealing and breaking into cars just for the hell of it. Just like in New Jersey Drive. They have no moral compass. It’s gritty here just like in the movie. I know there’s no character arc and the plot was shaky but it was realistic as hell.
So here the movie that separates east coast and west coast. In Newark, NJ from late 80s to the 90s. You had teenagers , who didn't wanna sell drugs or be armed robbers. So they stole cars to show off the skill to have the wheel. The movie shows the reality of the streets in the 90s in Newark, the police were out of control, the streets were out of control and the environment was very active. It's alot more to interpret
Ya definitely should of had an east coast co host because. Ya clearly no nothing bout New York hood politics in the 90’s This the only review I have to give ya 2 thumbs down 👎🏾👎🏾.
Agreed, the bias was oozing out. And they come from a coast that gang bangs. That is super pointless, yet they don't understand stealing cars??
Exactly what I was thinking
Facts my brother, gang banging made absolutely no sense to us on the east coast back in the 90s. They had their culture, we had ours.
Outkast had that BENZ OR A BEAMER on that soundtrack
That track still bangs till this day
Yo, that song is FIRE
Great review guys. I also feel like Jason backed away from Midget because he didn’t visit him in jail. And when Jason was in jail and ol boy was telling him “You better say goodbye to your man Midget” What was he alluding to?
I ALWAYS thought about that. Midget prolly robbed him or sumthin back in the hood.
And peep: he was the dude who robbed Jason and Chloreen im tha Mustang she picked him up from jail with….‼️
You guys normally do a great job on breaking down the movie but this episode was mid af I could give you a better insight on the movie if needed Jus bang my dm brody…keep up all the good work tho guys
Ol boi didn't have a redemption arc fr fr but what it showed me that he lost all of the ppl that was close to him at the end so he ended up back in school bcuz all of the ppl he hung w n the streets was dead.
Love this movie. Car stealing was a thing. Some yungins don’t care and lost in life. I feel that’s the point of the movie.
Yall wanted jason to have a come to Jesus moment but this ain’t that some niggas just stay lost that’s what makes it realistic to me.
Agreed. I love this movie.
Exactly
Ppl loved it because it was a reflection of reality in the 80s in 90s Newark NJ, was the carjacking capital
Midget had a few decent acting roles.
Yeah he did. He played a slave in one made for TV film and some other ones but have't seen him since
@@teckzilla108last thing I heard he did was he wrote the movie Takers with Idris Elba and Paul Walker he probably a behind the scenes guy
I always considered this movie a hidden gem 💎. Fun Facts: Sharron Corley was also in The Substitute & New York Undercover. His mom was in House Party & her fiancé appeared on New York Undercover as well. Gabriel Cassius was also in Get On The Bus & Lockdown. Can we please get breakdowns on the following movies:
South Central
Fresh
Get On The Bus
Lockdown
Blue Hill Ave
Fresh is criminally underrated
Yes!!!! Ive been waiting!!!! Let me jump in early, I dont think we needed Heavy D as the block captain.
Carjacking and armed robbery is two different things. Both wrong but different. Some people will steal cars all day long, long as nobody is in them. It turns different when somebody is in it beca possibility is, somebody can lose their life in the process which is a greater chance of more jail time versus jus stealing a car, won't get much time for that for a teenager.
What they said about the plot was factz. The plot was wack....But that "Mini Van Scene" really happened. A pregnant young lady died in that incident. Most of that movie was based on what really happened. About 70 %. I'm from Central Ward. Somerset and Spruce for ALL that KNOW. The reason why the movie didn't really Hit for most people is because it wasn't filmed in Newark. But I WILL say that the terrain in Newark is / was similar to Brooklyn. Another thing is that High End cars were stolen......Most of the time it was Honda Accords, Diamantes, BMWs, Lexus, etc...... Spike Lee is not from Newark, so he didn't have the right people to help him write or direct the story. AND Mayor Sharp James did NOT Allow them to Film in Newark, NJ. It was filmed in Brooklyn for the most part.....BUT...Newark looked like Brooklyn back in the dayz.High Rise projects and ALL...across the street from each other. ...My block was surrounded by 5 different housing projects. Scudder Homes, Stella Wright Homes, Hayes Homes, Brick Towers, HiLL Manor, Little Bricks, ...And I lived in Douglas Harrison Homes...All but "Little Bricks" were high rises. ..SO it Passed. But they critiqued the movie too hard without facts. But I Loved the movie because I'm from Newark and I saw how it was. The movie was close....Not spot on....But close.....
I believe the point was to highlight the fact that Newark New Jersey was known for grand theft auto
It’s the car theft capital of America
When I first saw this movie , I thought Gabrielle Casseaus aka Midget was permanently bald , but years later he did lockdown he had a full head of braids
😂😂😂😂
Easily one of my favorite movies
Heavy westcost bias, the made a joke about the nigga wearing a coat in cold ass New Jersey every day.
That's the realness of the film.
I believe the point of the movie was to show how misguided KIDS be in the neighborhood and how it's easy to be wrapped up in those situations with no guidance or no fear for authority
Super fan of these convos ! " But "imma cut you of tho" Whenever you guys talk about crime related movies. It always seems like you are trying to find honorable thieves. "There is no honor amongst thieves" Every thief's lifestyle is centered around disrespect. The "honorable thief" is always fighting a losing battle. when the first rule is to take what is not yours. Then you add the fact that they are kids... Its a cautionary tale. "There is no love " - Big jah lol you soft homie! JK ! I really love these conversations you guys have. The Color Purple review might be my fav !
Has to tap out on this one lol. Thinking way to deep about the actions and motives of delinquents, but the same type of behavior gets praised if it California, NY, ect. Its the same BS, just a different location and flavor.
Queen and Slim
Dead Presidents
Remember the Titans
Blue Hill Ave
Belly
Idk if Four Brothers qualify
I honestly didn't know it was movie until the soundtrack as well. I am from the Atlanta and Outkast had a song on it and I thought it was a new song on an upcoming album and found out it was part of this soundtrack
Not gonna lie im sure theres an artistic purpose to this movie but like yall said being an adult and seeing everything that goes into peoples lives and how hard people work to be able to afford cars and insurance makes it really hard to see any good in this movie. In my city Buffalo NY this problem of stealing cars is happening amongst young people who have recently been stealing Kia's. Specifically the Kia because of how easy it is to steal.
I'll give it 3 Black fist!! I love this movie and still a Hood Classic for me!!
lol this was great…..I loved this movie as a kid….but the plot was garbola I can’t front
Yo it’s crazy how as a kid I really liked this movie, but after the breakdown. It’s borderline 🗑️. 😂😂😂 But my MVP is T.K. Kirkland playing cards with the brothers and calling them broke. 😂😂😂
Yup TK was crazy in this 😂 But i think it definitely represents young dumb kids thinking they're invincible and lack of self-worth and of course a father in the home.
I definitely agree with that.
I still love this movie definitely underrated
Did yall actually read why the movie was made?
Watched the movie, then the Blackbuster review ✊🏿
Jason & Midget kinda start falling out over ole girl with the short haircut . That was Midget’s girl back in like JHS but she kinda start feeling Jason as they got older . In deleted scenes she was keeping in contact with him in jail and they alluded to them messing around or feeling each other . Midget noticed all of this.
As always, nicely done! I had never actually heard of this one before- and I'm definitely a movie-lover- so an interesting discussion.
I know you guys are eventually going to get to it, but my Top request of a movie review is for: "Mo Betta Blues" (1990).
That movie meant a lot to me as a young man growing up (and tbh, I was born two years AFTER it released, so I found it LATE), but an underrated gem from Spike Lee. It was Prime Denzel just entering his peak 'cool' and fully stepping into the TOP Black 'leading man' status... plus He had a worthy rival in coolness with Prime Wesley... and just depicted a Black Man as being suave, in control of himself (until he wasn't lol)... and then, it explored jazz music too (almost like a musical). I'm interested in the discussions (and insight from whoever sits-in as the guest) from this one, because it can be just as deep as any of the best movie reviews that you guys have done before.
Let's Go!
Anyway, Keep up the Great work Jah & Tone!
Y’all should do Charm City Kings next since it was alluded to👀
They weren't friends like that that's how it was lined in the same area hung out but really didn't fuck with each other
New Jersey Drive was based on the city of Newark, not Camden.
Bruh y'all are totally over thinking it. This movie is strictly a time period depiction. That's it that's all.
I love this show man… let me say this tho kids in my city today stealing cars like crazy just to joy ride not gettin money or anything just messing ppl stuff up
Yea it's just like the West coast and the gangbanging culture
New Jersey Drive is my number one favorite movie ever 🙌
Since we're showing movies that are iconic but not very good writing/ acting... please do Player's Club!! Love that movie and can't wait to see it on the list
Newark not camden...and Avon street not Cherokee lol
They straight shitted on this movie. Can't lie deservingly so.
All of Jason's homies died 😢
Guys also some movie are just about how there is no rhyme or reason why people do what they do.
they were not just stealing they sold the cars for parts and stuff
That's how NJ was back then we just did shit to do shit it was fun it was just what it was
I gonna say it. New Jersey Drive is not a good movie. ✊🏿
I think y’all don’t really get it because it’s just some east coast/Jersey shit. That’s just what niggas was on back then in jersey. When you get older is when you really start doing chop shops. Them lil niggas was practicing
I remember those days but this film still lacked a solid plot. Their points are all valid 😂
In Every hood flick thats all ways that one dude whos no holds barred and doesnt care , New Jersey drive = Midget , Set it off = Cleo , Boyz = Doughboy , Friday = smokey , Menace= O dog , Sugar hill = Ray Nathan , Shottaz = Mad max , Belly= bundz , King of New york = Jimmy jump , Paid in full = Rico aka Alpo in real life
All of them reckless as hell, most of them young too
She might be happy that it was jail and not death 35:43
I grew up in South Orange/Maplewood NJ and had friends and family from Newark E.O. Irvington etc some people just did shit to earn a reputation and that was it just so niggas respected them
Just like gang banging on the west coast lol no reason to kill someone who is wearing a different color, but for this movie, for some reason, they don't understand young dumb actions now lol.
And the police brutality was real
one of my favorite "sleeper" flicks