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Internal Affairs (1990)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1

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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

R, 1 hr. 54 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Mar 9, 1999

Paramount Pictures

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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (7) | 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.

March 29, 2009 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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Figgis never lets the pace slow long enough to expose the story's thinness despite, in retrospect, a moderate amount of action.

April 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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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.

April 9, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
ReelViews
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Internal Affairs is, for the dim movie season that is traditionally January, an unusually bright light.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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[A] cliched catchall, which wastes a fine cast.

June 6, 2001 Comment
Rolling Stone
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Those with strange axes to grind, or too much time, or demented senses of humor, and you know who you are, may just have a fun time of this.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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A lurid, lightweight throw-together of cheap psycho-thrills which tries to dress itself up as something more substantial.

April 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

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.

April 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

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.

April 9, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Dark, dangerous and disturbing.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

A tense, memorable motion picture...Gere is at the top of his game

March 11, 2005 Comment
Moviehole

A very, very good thriller.

November 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Netflix | Comment
Netflix

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.

September 26, 2002 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | Comment
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Audience Reviews for Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs is a nasty little suspense thriller!!!and it was hard to see Richard Gere playing such an evil person..

May 29, 2010
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Ahhh, the infamous Internal Affairs. The 1990's, with bad hair, fashion and shameless sex.XD!!Well, it is a classic in my opinion. Two of the coolest actors in my opinion of their time, Gere and Garcia, play off against each other in this cop drama which is actually pretty good. Gere as the dirtiest cop around is

June 29, 2008
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