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Internal Affairs (1990)

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 3

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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

Directed By: Mike Figgis

In Theaters: Jan 12, 1990 Wide

On DVD: Mar 9, 1999

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

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
Joseph Mazzello
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
Shani Ginsberg
Carrie Frazier
Dinah Lenney
Newscaster

Critic Reviews for Internal Affairs

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

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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

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Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

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

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

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

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

[A] cliched catchall, which wastes a fine cast.

June 6, 2001 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

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

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

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

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Angie Errigo

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

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Film4

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

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Dark, dangerous and disturbing.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

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

March 11, 2005 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

A very, very good thriller.

November 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Netflix

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James Rocchi

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

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Chris Hicks

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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

May 29, 2010

♥Robyn M♥

Super Reviewer

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

Khris N

Super Reviewer

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