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Internal Affairs

1990 · 115 min

A sleek, cold-blooded cat-and-mouse game that tightens around you as charm curdles into menace.

Directed by
Mike Figgis
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis
Tagline
Trust him... he's a cop.
Overview
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.

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Directed by
Mike Figgis
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • obsession
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Mike Figgis
Written by
Henry Bean
Starring
Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin, Michael Beach, Katherine Borowitz
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
115 min
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Canada, United States of America
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