Internal Affairs (1990)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 3
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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
No consensus yet.
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In this glossy L.A. crime drama by Mike Figgis, Andy Garcia stars as Sgt. Raymond Avila, a cop who just joined the Internal Affairs division of the L.A.P.D. An investigation into police corruption has led Avila and his partner, Sgt. Amy Wallace (Laurie Metcalf), to Officer Dennis Peck (Richard Gere). Avila suspects something about Peck from the beginning; his influence and dominance over others seems to extend further than the reach of his badge. When officers who wish to testify against Peck
Jan 12, 1990 Wide
Mar 9, 1999
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Richard Gere
Dennis Peck -
Andy Garcia
Sgt. Raymond Avilla -
Nancy Travis
Kathleen Avila -
Laurie Metcalf
Sgt. Amy Wallace -
William Baldwin
Van Stretch -
Richard Bradford
Lt. Sgt. Grieb -
Annabella Sciorra
Heather Peck -
Michael Beach
Dorian Fletcher -
Faye Grant
Penny Stretch -
Katherine Borowitz
Tova Arrocas -
Xander Berkeley
Rudy Mohr -
John Capodice
Chief Healy -
Pamella D'Pella
Cheryl -
Victoria Dillard
Kee -
Susan Forristal
Lolly -
John Getz
Teeters -
Allan Havey
Judson -
Lew Hopson
Buster -
John Kapelos
Steven Arrocas -
Tyde Kierney
Sgt. Trafficante -
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Julio Oscar Mechoso
Cousin Gregory -
Billie Neal
Dorian's Wife -
Marco Rodriguez
Demetrio -
Arlen Dean Snyder
Capt. Riordan -
Ron Vawter
Jaegar -
Valerie Wildman
May -
Elijah Wood
Sean -
Justin Derosa
Latino Driver -
Brian Johnson
Busboy -
Waldemar Kalinowski
Surgeon #2 -
Deryn Warren
TV Reporter -
Richard Whitaker
Marksman -
Heather Lauren Olsen
Megan -
Helen Lin
Dina -
Scott Lincoln
Freddy -
Harry Murphy
Surgeon -
Jimmy Ortega
Oscar -
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Dinah Lenney
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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (3) | DVD (3)
Gere is hypnotic, writer Henry Bean's construction is entertainingly intricate, and director Mike Figgis knows how to turn on a subtle, authentic erotic heat.
Top CriticFiggis never lets the pace slow long enough to expose the story's thinness despite, in retrospect, a moderate amount of action.
Internal Affairs delivers what it promises, and perhaps a little more. There's less action but more menace, and the pulse quickens as the plot drives relentlessly toward a conclusion that, in retrospect, can be seen as inevitable.
Dark, dangerous and disturbing.
Top CriticInternal Affairs is, for the dim movie season that is traditionally January, an unusually bright light.
[A] cliched catchall, which wastes a fine cast.
A lurid, lightweight throw-together of cheap psycho-thrills which tries to dress itself up as something more substantial.
The conflict between Gere and Garcia is what carries the movie; deep beneath the macho brutality there's an almost homoerotic tint to their relationship. It makes for compelling stuff.
Yet another goofy credit in Gere's already overloaded resume of embarrassment -- although some may consider this one of those movies that's so silly it's good.
A tense, memorable motion picture...Gere is at the top of his game
A very, very good thriller.
Internal Affairs is all stylish visuals and no substance whatsoever. That may be an attempt to hide the silliness of Henry Bean's first-time screenplay, but it doesn't work.
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The movie is about dirty cops and how two good cops take down the dirty ones. We've seen they story before. Nonetheless, it was a good movie. I enjoyed it. Probably not something I would watch again though."