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Year
1992
Runtime
107 min.
Director
Bill Duke
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating *
6.9
Votes *
5,741
Checks
975
Favs
48
Dislikes
10
Favs/checks
4.9% (1:20)
Favs/dislikes
5:1
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  1. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    Laurence Fishburne plays a squeaky clean cop who goes undercover to take down a drug ring in Deep Cover, a job that requires him to make increasingly greater moral sacrifices to achieve, what exactly? He's Sisyphus working for a corrupt system. We perhaps don't think of Bill Duke as a director first, but he turns in a surprisingly stylish Neo Noir thriller here,with Fishburne delivering hard-boiled narration and navigating a world where no one is particularly sympathetic. Things really pick up for me once he goes rogue - although telling you rogue against which masters would be spoiling it - and are at their most satisfying when people are getting their comeuppance. Before that, it follows the usual crime film structure, but it's not boring. Let's just say it's fairly typical of the genre until it isn't. 3 years 1 month ago
  2. aeng's avatar

    aeng

    good crime movie 13 years 7 months ago
  3. CorPse's avatar

    CorPse

    Deep Cover track introducing "Snoop Doggy Dogg." As with his name, Snoop has honed his image over the years, and is just a totally different dude now. 11 months 3 weeks ago
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In 3 official lists

  1. This movie ranks #678 in TSPDT's 1,000 Noir Films
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    TSPDT's 1,000 Noir Films

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  2. This movie ranks #880 in Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
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    880
  3. This movie ranks #1323 in The Criterion Collection
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