Deep Cover 1992

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Deep Cover ★★½ 1992 (R)

Fish-burne plays Russell Stevens Jr., a straight-arrow cop who goes undercover to infiltrate a Latin American cocaine cartel. While undercover, he becomes partners with drug dealer David Jason (Goldb-lum), and undergoes an inner transformation until he realizes he is betraying his cause. Confusing and commercial, yet marked with a moral rage. 107m/C VHS, DVD . Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Charles Martin Smith, Sydney Lassick, Clarence Williams III, Gregory Sierra, Roger Guenveur Smith, Cory Curtis, Glynn Turman, Def Jef; D: Bill Duke; W: Michael Tolkin, Henry Bean; C: Bojan Bazelli; M: Michel Colombier.