Deep Cover

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sharifa d still a good watch, decades later Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/24 Full Review Steve D It hasn't aged well. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/11/23 Full Review Al s I will watch this movie over and over again. A very serious look into what is good and evil. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Early 90's west coast crime drama has aged quite well. Wonderful cinematography and some noir-ish style make the already compelling tale more easy to get swept up in. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Taylor L "No, Mr. Guzman, I think you'll note there's no such thing as an American anymore. No Hispanics, no Japanese, no blacks, no whites, no nothings. Just rich people and poor people. The three of us are all rich, so we're on the same side." Noted character actor Bill Duke moves behind the camera to direct a crime thriller filled with political acuity. Deep Cover doesn't languish in photorealistic portraits of urban life, trending towards excess to hammer its points home, but feels sharp as a tack describing the still-relevant corrupt balance between politics, money, crime, drugs, and racism, a cocktail built on human suffering and designed to crank out money. While Infernal Affairs and The Departed would make undercover cop work into a psychological experience, here it's more straightforward and grounded, but without forgetting that there's a sense of unpredictability and entertainment value that needs to be maintained. "Larry" Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum form this entertaining odd couple dynamic that builds into an oddly compelling kinship by the film's final scenes. Don't let people tell you that this is just a predictable '90s take on the blaxploitation genre, there was clear intent behind this film even if audiences have come to expect a greater degree of grit in their crime films. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/22 Full Review Audience Member A bit of the acting is over the top, but the melodrama suits the film noir style that it's molded itself after. It's a hard boiled detective crime drama that has some important points to make about race and the state of America in the 90s. It's bleak, it's dark, I loved it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/13/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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