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6.3/10 • 403

1990-01-121h 55m

CrimeDrama

Trust him... he's a cop.

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.

Directors
Mike Figgis
Writters
Henry Bean
Editors
Robert Estrin

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  1. Richard Gere

    Richard Gere

    Dennis Peck

  2. Andy García

    Andy García

    Raymond Avila

  3. Laurie Metcalf

    Laurie Metcalf

    Amy Wallace

  4. Nancy Travis

    Nancy Travis

    Kathleen Avila

  5. Elijah Wood

    Elijah Wood

    Sean Stretch

  6. Richard Bradford

    Richard Bradford

    Grieb

  7. William Baldwin

    William Baldwin

    Van Stretch

  8. Michael Beach

    Michael Beach

    Dorian Fletcher

  9. Faye Grant

    Faye Grant

    Penny Stretch

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John Chard

Nov 15, 2014

8/10

Like a big baby with buttons all over. I push the buttons. Internal Affairs is directed by Mike Figgis and written by Henry Bean. It stars Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, William Baldwin and Laurie Metcalf. Music is jointly produced by Figgis, Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli and cinematography is by John A. Alonzo. Stylish neo-noir that has Gere as Dennis Peck, a crooked cop under investigation by IAD operatives Garcia and Metcalf. Peck is a master manipulator, a devious bastard who has his fingers in so many mud pies he could start his own bakery. Gere is on fire with the role, imbuing Peck with a menacing nastiness that’s a constant throughout the entire play. Once Figgis and Bean have laid the character foundations, the plot turns into a psychological battle of wills and skills between Peck and Raymond Avila (Garcia), with Peck always one step ahead because he knows where Avila’s weakness is. Figgis slow burns the tension with great aplomb, then unleashes the beasts for the thriller aspects of Bean’s screenplay. The look and feel of the piece is that of doom, deftly positing Peck’s vileness within a city awash with crooks, hookers and hitmen for hire. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000.00
Revenue
$27,734,391.00
Keywords
undercover agentshopillegalityinternal affairspolice corruptionlos angeles, californialapd