A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Laurence Fishburne
- Russell Stevens Jr.
- (as Larry Fishburne)
- …
Bruce Paul Barbour
- Policeman
- (as Bruce Barbour)
Alex Colon
- Molto
- (as Alex Colón)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe last film where Laurence Fishburne was credited as Larry.
- GoofsWhen Carver is reviewing Stevens' police personnel file, it shows he is divorced, and the reason is shown as "Infedility"
- SoundtracksDeep Cover
Performed by Dr. Dre
Introducing Snoop Dogg (as Snoop Doggy Dogg)
by Dr. Dre, Colin Wolfe
Courtesy of Death Row Records
Featured review
Gritty noir
"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.
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.
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,639,799
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,451,356
- Apr 19, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $16,639,799
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