Deep Cover
A black uniformed policeman is recruited by a devious drug enforcement agent to infiltrate a smuggling organization seeking to expand into designer drugs. This 'ugly side of the war on drugs' explores the context of race, identity and hypocrisy within a brutal and alienating investigation.
15 April 1964, New York, New York, USA
22 February 1966, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
31 January 1947, New York City, New York, USA
31 May 1955, Florida, USA
16 April 1933, New York City, New York, USA
15 November 1944, Cairo, Egypt
c. 1956
23 July 1916, Brooklyn, New York, USA
19 November 1970, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
26 January 1941, San Juan, Puerto Rico
30 July 1929, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA
30 October 1953, Van Nuys, California, USA
22 October 1952, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
12 October 1970, Houston, Texas, USA
16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 September 1920, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
1 August 1928, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
11 April 1971, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
18 November 1960, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
October 31, 2007
It's an unsettling yet compelling blend, and probably one you don't want to think about too much.
October 31, 2007
What emerges is a powerhouse thriller full of surprises, original touches, and rare political lucidity, including an impressive performance by Jeff Goldblum.
January 01, 2000
Larry Fishburne is clearly a star of the future, but Deep Cover won't be the vehicle.
December 06, 2005
Laurence Fishburne haunts this movie with his deep set fiercely intense glaring eyes.
November 23, 2009
Cynical police thriller that veers between a standard issue genre action pic and something more meaningful and original.
October 31, 2007
Convoluted and mostly unconvincing as a portrait of the drug underworld, Deep Cover [based on a story by Michael Tolkin] still carries some resonance due to its vivid portrait of societal decay and a heavyweight performance by Larry Fishburne.
January 26, 2006
In addition to Fishburne, it gives us a first-rate soundtrack, a clutch of splendid cameos, fine, grainy direction from Duke, and much pointed stuff about the hypocrisy behind the USA's so-called war against drugs.
October 31, 2007
Smart and stylish, it also has scenes of crackling violence and dramaturgy that oftentimes strains to work but, on the whole, Deep Cover is engaging, thoughtful and inventive.
November 07, 2002
Deep Cover was probably conceived as a quickie crime film, but thanks to Fishburne's and Goldblum's performances, it became much more.
June 06, 2001
Rather than ride the easy cynicism of the script, by Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean, Fishburne illuminates his character's moral struggle.
May 24, 2003
Cool, and deeply underrated.
May 20, 2003
Deep Cover eventually degenerates into so much gratuitous violence that 'kill' sounds like the most-used verb in the screenplay's last stages.
