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Deep Cover rises above standard-issue crime thriller fare thanks to a smartly cynical script and powerhouse performances from its unorthodox but well-matched leads.
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Smart and stylish, it also has scenes of crackling violence and dramaturgy that oftentimes strains to work but, on the whole, Deep Cover is engaging, thoughtful and inventive. October 31, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Smart and stylish, it also has scenes of crackling violence and dramaturgy that oftentimes strains to work but, on the whole, Deep Cover is engaging, thoughtful and inventive.
Marjorie Baumgarten
Convoluted and mostly unconvincing as a portrait of the drug underworld, Deep Cover [based on a story by Michael Tolkin] still carries some resonance due to its vivid portrait of societal decay and a heavyweight performance by Larry Fishburne. October 31, 2007 | Full Review…
Convoluted and mostly unconvincing as a portrait of the drug underworld, Deep Cover [based on a story by Michael Tolkin] still carries some resonance due to its vivid portrait of societal decay and a heavyweight performance by Larry Fishburne.
Variety Staff
What emerges is a powerhouse thriller full of surprises, original touches, and rare political lucidity, including an impressive performance by Jeff Goldblum. October 31, 2007 | Full Review…
What emerges is a powerhouse thriller full of surprises, original touches, and rare political lucidity, including an impressive performance by Jeff Goldblum.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
In addition to Fishburne, it gives us a first-rate soundtrack, a clutch of splendid cameos, fine, grainy direction from Duke, and much pointed stuff about the hypocrisy behind the USA's so-called war against drugs. January 26, 2006 | Full Review…
In addition to Fishburne, it gives us a first-rate soundtrack, a clutch of splendid cameos, fine, grainy direction from Duke, and much pointed stuff about the hypocrisy behind the USA's so-called war against drugs.
Stephen Garrett
Deep Cover eventually degenerates into so much gratuitous violence that 'kill' sounds like the most-used verb in the screenplay's last stages. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Deep Cover eventually degenerates into so much gratuitous violence that 'kill' sounds like the most-used verb in the screenplay's last stages.
Janet Maslin
Rather than ride the easy cynicism of the script, by Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean, Fishburne illuminates his character's moral struggle. June 6, 2001
Rather than ride the easy cynicism of the script, by Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean, Fishburne illuminates his character's moral struggle.
Peter Travers
...this is a sad and hard-driving movie, a funny and sexy one... May 29, 2020 | Full Review…
...this is a sad and hard-driving movie, a funny and sexy one...
Eve Tushnet
In its explorations of the dark coils of the drug underworld, Deep Cover builds an ugly fascination. April 13, 2018 | Full Review…
In its explorations of the dark coils of the drug underworld, Deep Cover builds an ugly fascination.
Malcolm Johnson
Cynical police thriller that veers between a standard issue genre action pic and something more meaningful and original. November 23, 2009 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Cynical police thriller that veers between a standard issue genre action pic and something more meaningful and original.
Dennis Schwartz
It's an unsettling yet compelling blend, and probably one you don't want to think about too much. October 31, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
It's an unsettling yet compelling blend, and probably one you don't want to think about too much.
Laurence Fishburne haunts this movie with his deep set fiercely intense glaring eyes. December 6, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Laurence Fishburne haunts this movie with his deep set fiercely intense glaring eyes.
Brad Laidman
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