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.
26 January 1941, San Juan, Puerto Rico
16 September 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 July 1929, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA
23 July 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 January 1941, New York City, New York, USA
27 July 1955, Berkeley, California, USA
20 September 1969, New York City, New York, USA
20 March 1968, Savannah, Georgia, USA
18 November 1960, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
1 August 1928, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
31 January 1941, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
19 November 1970, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
22 October 1952, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
8 August 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 January 1947, New York City, New York, USA
18 September 1920, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
26 July 1922, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
December 06, 2005
Laurence Fishburne haunts this movie with his deep set fiercely intense glaring eyes.
May 24, 2003
Cool, and deeply underrated.
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.
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.
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.
November 23, 2009
Cynical police thriller that veers between a standard issue genre action pic and something more meaningful and original.
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.
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.
October 31, 2007
It's an unsettling yet compelling blend, and probably one you don't want to think about too much.
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.
January 01, 2000
Larry Fishburne is clearly a star of the future, but Deep Cover won't be the vehicle.
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.
