Deep Cover

"Politicians like the dark faces (arrested) so they can scare the suburbs into voting Republican."

Laurence Fishburne is wonderful in this. His character's descent into morally grey areas with inevitable complications as he goes undercover was a fine update to film noir, complete with narration. It threatened to unravel in its final half hour (the little boy re-appearing, the preacher cop, just how far the undercover cop takes things, etc), but the grittiness of the drama and the searing points it made about race and the government's duplicity in the war on drugs carried the day. Definitely worth checking out.

Going into seeing this movie, I wasn't sure about what I was going to see. I was expecting something kind of good (because of Roger Ebert's review), but not great (because of some other reviews). But I was not expecting such a good film. Laurence Fishburne (Boyz in the Hood, What's Love Got To Do With It) stars as a cop who has avoided drugs and the crime life because of his father's involvement and death in it. Soon he is offered a job going undercover as a drug dealer. He accepts it. After a little while he gets himself deep into it. He forms partnerships with high ranked drug dealers, which includes Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park, Nine Monthes). Soon he becomes less of an undercover cop, but more of a drug dealer. He soon realizes that he is betraying his cause and joining up with them. This presents a problem for him, because he likes the power as a drug dealer and the money, but he also vowed he would never become like his dad. This is a very well done movie, with a great script. Laurence Fishburne is excellent in the lead role. Jeff Goldblum (who I have never seen in such a deep role) is also strong delivering a surprisingly good performance. A good, but violent film.

Lawrence Fishburne is almost always excellent, but in my opinion one of his finest performances was in the early 90's classic Deep Cover. The film was quite original at the time and was presented in an intelligent manner. Deep Cover was directed by Bill Duke, who you might remember from action classics Predator and Commando. While Deep Cover has its share of action, it is a very gritty and absorbing crime thriller. Lawrence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum started out playing gutter trash thugs in the Death Wish series. Here they play more fully fleshed out characters in a movie that looks at crime in a different way. Lawrence Fishburne goes so deep undercover, it seems like he can never go back.As a whole, I found Deep Cover to be excellent. If you like cop or mob movies, you should take a look at Deep Cover.

Deep Cover is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Bill Duke. The film stars Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, and Charles Martin Smith.

An undercover officer, infiltrates the world of drugs to expose the biggest dealer in Los Angeles, and foil his plans to expand.

If you are a fan of thrillers films than this is a must watch for you. The film has good plot, good execution and amazing performances from the cast.

The best part of the of the film is probably it's acting and the character development, the pace of the film could be a problem for some viewers as it gets too slow in the middle. Screenplay of the film is good and climax is good.

If you are looking for a decent thriller film than this is the film for you.

Hard-hitting and stylish, this film quickly moves beyond the usual notion of 'undercover drug work' into an altogether more practical & unpleasant understanding...

The film is well-paced and, most appropriately for this year, introduces a female art-gallery owner as it develops a relationship subplot. As the story progresses, the film breaks boundaries further & demonstrates an exceptionally sharp sensibility -- but fairly much returns to the standards for the climactic scene.

While not a Scorsese or Tarantino masterpiece, this film is very highly recommended.