Deep Cover (1992)

15/04/1992 (US)•Action, Thriller, Crime•1h 48m

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There's a thin line between catching a criminal... and becoming one.

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Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

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Laurence Fishburne
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Jeff Goldblum
David Jason
Victoria Dillard
Betty McCutcheon
Gregory Sierra
Felix Barbosa
Clarence Williams III
Taft
René Assa
Guzman
Alex Colon
Molto
Roger Guenveur Smith
Eddie
Sydney Lassick
Gopher

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A review by John Chard

8.0

Written by John Chard on Aug 15, 2015

Two Masks. Deep Cover is directed by Bill Duke and written by Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean. It stars Larry Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Charles Martin Smith, Victoria Dillard and Gregory Sierra. Music is by Michel Colombier and cinematography by Bojan Bazelli. Traumatised as a youngster by the death of his junkie father, Russell Stevens (Fishburne) becomes a police officer. Passing an interview with DEA Agent Gerald Carver (Smith), Stevens goes undercover to bust a major drug gang that has links to high places. But the closer he gets in with the targets, the deeper he gets involved - emoti...