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Summary: Gere kicks it into high gear
Review: Before Cop Land, Training Day, and Dark Blue, there was Internal Affairs. Richard Gere does an outstanding job playing 'Dennis Peck', the untouchable cop who no one can bring down. That's until idealistic young Internal Affairs agent Raymond Avilla (Andy Garcia) sets out to bring him down. Gere and Garcia's battle of wits is what drives this movie. A truly classic cop movie!
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Summary: Brilliant movie...light DVD!!!
Review: This is as good as suspense/cop/curruption movies gets. Mike Figgis can hold his head up proud knowing he made a studio film within the Hollywood system and with its stars and crew. But can someone get a message to him or the distributers to do a special edition or collectors edition, because this version of the film on DVD has no extras! Nothing! Zilch!... such a pity.
It would be nice to see the making of, deleted scenes, commentary, considering Figgis worked on the music as well, which is an absolute cracker, brilliant! Come on Mr Figgis just try it please please!
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Summary: Watchable film !
Review: Andy Garcia plays the role of the good guy who will face his corrupt partner who has manipulated so many people that he seems to be in peace with himself (Richard Gere) nevertheless he is obsessed for discover the old tricks and nasty behavior .
There have been so many efficient and related films which has focused that theme that it becomes a real challenge to swim in these waters if you are not supported for a defiant script .
That is the case of this one . The film is predictable for the endless common places .
If you are really seeking for unbeatable films about that theme go for these five: Big heat , Serpico , Police Phyton 357 , Prince in the city and a terrific film of Henri Verneuili with Yves Montand (Icarus) .
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Summary: Going Toe To Toe
Review: Fresh off his supporting roles in Black Rain and The Untouchables, actor Andy Garcia teamed with Richard Gere, in a thriller for director Mike Figgis. The end result is a solid film, that is able to rise above its cliches, thanks to its cast.Raymond Avila (Garcia) works for the internal affairs division of the LAPD and has been assigned to investigate Dennis Peck (Gere), a corrupt officer. The two men circle each other, like hunter and prey, certain that each will take the other down. It's discovered that the stakes get more personal when Peck uses Avila's wife Kathleen (Nancy Travis), and his partner Amy (Laurie Metcalf), as a way to get him off the trail. Figgis plays the movie like a boxing match as the two leads go head to head. Gere plays it Peck like a total scumbag. He's a smooth operator--who happens to have a God complex. He is so sure of himself that he's bold enough to have 4 wives and eight kids. But as horrible as the character is, he plays it so well that, despite that, he's also quite magnetic. Also, by now, Garcia has come into his own as an actor and is able to hold his own. Some of the script suffers a bit from a stale smell. Thankfully, Gere and Garcia keep your attention throughout the movie, to soften those issues. The DVD may not have any extras, but it is overflowing with enough of everthing else--all in all--for me to recommend this film.
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Summary: Gere is so good when he's bad
Review: Gere is so believable in this film. Initially, he is nearly sympathetic. Baldwin does a fine job Gere's partner. Garcia delivers what may be his finest peformance. Travis holds her own and definitely steals some scenes. This is an older movie, but it still smoking today. Well worth watching over and over. A keeper for the collection!
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Summary: ***********
Review: I HATE IT. NO JOE ITS GATTO G
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Summary: I saw this one because of Laurie...
Review: I mainly saw this film because of beautiful, talented, brilliant, sensitive Laurie Metcalf. For me, she captures the film. The film itself is mediocre and has more violence than necessary esp. when the main character, who is played by Andy Garcia and Amy Wallace, who's brilliantly portayed by Laurie, discover a psychopath in their mist. Andy Garcia is all right, good, but not great and a rather bland character; Richard Gere is rather mediocre in playing pyschopath Officer Peck, who's killing other cops and later tries to kill poor Amy.
I guess it's fitting that Laurie plays Amy Wallace, since Amy is the most interesting character in the entire film. She's unapolegitecally lesbian, scrappy and gritty, yet has a sensitive side and turns out to be a good listener, esp. when she's talking to a woman who is being battered by her abusive husband (who later gets killed by Peck). The woman becomes clearly upset and tells Garcia's character and Amy to "back off." Amy wisely does, but touches her arm in a silent message that she cares about her.
There's also one funny scene where Garcia's character often works late and his wife goes into a jealous tizzy and starts accusing him of cheating with Amy right when he's on the phone with Amy and Amy hears the wife scream about how he's *&%^-ing his "little girlfriend" at work and Amy's embarrassed, but gamely carries on the business call with Garcia's character as if she didn't hear the wife's conniption.
I found myself rooting for Amy near the end when she gets shot by Officer Peck and is rushed to the hospital, bleeding profusely and possibly unable to walk again. Amy is one of the few non-stereotypical portayals of gay people; I like that she isn't portrayed as a stereotypical "butch" with a crew cut and boxy suit; Amy is a real woman who could be your daughter, friend, sister, co-worker, neighbor, or even mother. We need more characters like Amy Wallace; she's a real tribute to the gay and lesbian community.
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Summary: Didn't 'Faire' well with me
Review: Internal Affairs is nothing more than an early 90's B Movie gone bad. Richard Gere may have had his worst performance in his career, and Andy Garcia definitely did. Why people are so drawn to this movie is beyond me. Maybe I missed something, but I don't think so. Sex played a vital role in the movie, and to me, there was nothing steamy about it. It just sizzled right out. Gere and Garcia so obviously walked through their parts and they must have needed the money, because they were just jokes. Garcia was incredibly stiff. There was no emotion in his character until the end, and even then it was mild. Gere was awful as the "villain". He's obviously progressed immensely as an actor. The directing was just plain bad. It seemed the actors didn't know what to do for moments in the movie. There were awkward silences and pauses that were either put into the film on purpose for some insane reason or the actors had nothing better to do. Internal Affairs is a complete disaster with storybook qualities. Don't waste your time with this mess. 2 Stars
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Summary: Didn't 'Faire' well with me
Review: Internal Affairs is nothing more than an early 90's B Movie gone bad. Richard Gere may have had his worst performance in his career, and Andy Garcia definitely did. Why people are so drawn to this movie is beyond me. Maybe I missed something, but I don't think so. Sex played a vital role in the movie, and to me, there was nothing steamy about it. It just sizzled right out. Gere and Garcia so obviously walked through their parts and they must have needed the money, because they were just jokes. Garcia was incredibly stiff. There was no emotion in his character until the end, and even then it was mild. Gere was awful as the "villain". He's obviously progressed immensely as an actor. The directing was just plain bad. It seemed the actors didn't know what to do for moments in the movie. There were awkward silences and pauses that were either put into the film on purpose for some insane reason or the actors had nothing better to do. Internal Affairs is a complete disaster with storybook qualities. Don't waste your time with this mess. 2 Stars
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Summary: INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS RICHARD GERE'S BEST MOVIE!!!
Review: INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS RICHARD GERE'S BEST MOVIE! And it might be Andy Garcia's best movie, too! There are a ton of good subplots, lots of good character actors, plenty of realism including Gere as handsome cop Dennis Peck being able to get any woman he wants--and all at the same time!--and good music, too! But Richard Gere as a villain is what makes this movie sizzle, and this is the best I've ever seen him, with a full range of emotions from hate to lust to humor, and the only Richard Gere movie worth watching twice! INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS RICHARD GERE'S BEST MOVIE!
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