Deep Cover
Summary:
Laurence Fishburne plays no-nonsense LAPD narc Russell Stevens, Jr., who has worked all his life to expunge the memory of his dope-addict father, whom he saw die in a liquor-store robbery. DEA agent Jerry Carver (Charles Martin Smith) orders Stevens to work as an undercover operative on a major case. The cop is to pose as a dealer in order to get the goods on South American drug lo... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Laurence Fishburne - (Russell Stevens, Jr./John Hull)
Jeff Goldblum - (David Jason)
Victoria Dillard - (Betty McCutcheon)
Charles Martin Smith - (Jerry Carver)
Gregory Sierra - (Felix Barbosa)
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Review:
What could have been just another crime thriller becomes a startlingly effective neo-noir, charged with a sublime racial outrage. Deep Cover's racial politics give the film a complex, world-weary subtext so crucial to a noir. They start with Laurence Fishburne's character, doomed to a life in the drug world he's quietly desperate to escape. T... Continue >>
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