New Jersey Drive is a 1995 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Gomez and executive produced by Spike Lee.

[3] Director Nick Gomez originally pictured the film taking place in Boston or Washington Heights in Manhattan, but ultimately set his sights on Newark after reading about teenagers and joyriding in several articles by The New York Times.

Ironically, director Gomez stated that even if he had been granted permission, he still would have shot some scenes in Brooklyn since it was more conveniently located near his home and film studio in Manhattan.

[4] Gomez had mixed thoughts about the finished film, explaining that though he was given a significantly larger budget than his directorial debut film Laws of Gravity, studio heads at Universal, which then had a partnership with Spike Lee's production company 40 Acres and a Mule, felt the script for New Jersey Drive contained elements that were too "germane to the basic thrust of the story.

"[7] Siskel noted, "Director Nick Gomez fades in and out of scenes of carjackers and joy rides that escalate quite naturally into deadly trips.