Rating: 
Summary: Attempts to elevate itself...
Review: ...above the level of other black action movies by incorporating a whole rainbow of characters. Somewhat awkward is the inclusion of Jeff Glodblum, playing against type as a hulked-out action figure, but he carries the part well. Exhibits a certain amount of racism toward Hispanic characters, but it's only a two-hour movie, it can't please everyone. Perhaps not the perfect urban crime movie, it cetrainly rises head and shoulders above the pack.Incidentally, to the reviewer below, the actor you're referring to is not Clarence Thomas III. Clarence Thomas is a Supreme Court Justice. The actor is Clarence Williams III, and he played Link on the Mod Squad.
Rating: 
Summary: "Deep Cover" - a sociological concept?
Review: An awesome movie. Though a fictional story with aspects that could only happen in the movies, it's a cool story of how a law enforcement agent could unwittingly become an asset to the drug trade instead of justice. This is a movie about covert institutional violence and would be enjoyed by anybody who likes a good show.
Rating:
Summary: AS INTENSE AS THE APOCALYPTIC ORGASM
Review: Deep Cover is simply one of the best action films to date. Fishburne, Goldbloom and Clarence Thomas III create an electric atmosphere of violence, narcotics and music that melts off the screen and into the consciousness of the audience. The sound is as sensual as the lyric poetry coupled with Fishburne's base imbued voice. See this film, rent it, contemplate the lines the truth the parallel to political figures and police activity today. By far the greatest attribute of this film is the development of each twisted character, i.e., as the film progresses the characters do more and more cocaine and thus become increasingly hostile and violent. This movie is cotton candy for any lover of Apocalypse Now. RENT IT, BUY IT, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SEE THIS MOVIE!
Rating:
Summary: A tense, electrically charged thriller
Review: Deep Cover unleashes a disturbing view of LA's drug traffiking disease. With excellent performances from Larry Fishburne, who yet again proves his high acting calibre and Jeff Goldblum, an unlikely, but highly effective addition to the cast in this crime thriller, demonstrates his versatility. Deep Cover shows Officer Stevens' (Fishburne) assignment to infiltrate the drug business as John Hull - A typical street dealer, from the seedy streets of Los Angeles to the wealthy Latin American cartels, who operate with controvertial political influence. Officer Steven's personal conscience is at stake throughout the undercover assignment having witnessed his own father's violent death as a child. The movie if it's your thing deserves full points however, even if it's not your cup of tea, the peformances of Fishburne and Goldblum are definitely worthy of the curious viewer's attention.
Rating: 
Summary: Not bad for its ilk
Review: Fishburne delivers a fine performance as an undercover narcotics agent who eventually gets hooked to the dope himself. There is also good support from Goldblum as his attorney. A credible score as well, but not much else to distinguish it from plenty of its ilk. Ambitiously done, but contrived and standardly filmed.
Rating: 
Summary: Same Old Drama
Review: I am sick of movies being hyped up and they don't measure up to the talk. Deep Cover was a rip off of a lot of other drug-mob films I've seen. The director used the urban setting as a ploy to make the audience think it was seeing something different. People compared it to New Jack City. NJC wasn't great but it wins over Deep Cover hands down. This movie was a mess and there was no point to anything the characters did. Laurence Fishburne said his lines so slowly, as if he felt the director would butt in. God I wish he had! Jeff Goldblum was supposed to be tough but was nothing but a big wimp. Victoria Dillard couldn't act to save her life ( what was the reason she was there? ) the woman didn't do anything important! I guess this is good if you like violence with nothing to show for it. If you're looking for a film like this that handles the modern-day mob/drug life better I'd check out something else.
Rating:
Summary: I'd Forgotten How Good This Movie Is. . . !
Review: I haven't seen this movie for quite a few years, but I became a huge fan of Laurence Fishburne because of it. I remembered loving the dialogue of the film and the intrinsic moral struggles of Fishburne's character. I had also forgotten that Michael Tolkin (THE PLAYER, AMONG THE DEAD--a novel, and CHANGING LANES) wrote the screenplay. All until I purchased it on DVD last week and watched it Friday evening. Man, that's a lot to forget. . . . Fishburne is simply spectacular in a quietly disturbing and understated way. His eyes tell much of the story. One of the reviewers called him "broding," and this is a good description. His character doesn't want the assignment but flourishes in it. Doing a bad thing well has its own rewards and punishments. Goldblum--hardly one's first thought at Oscar time each year--is excellent as Fishburne's "partner" in crime. Everybody else is, at the very least, very good: Fishburne's superior officer, his lady friend, the drug dealers, the cop/preacher chasing Fishburne. Tolkin does an admirable job of mixing the music of the movie, fairly heavy hip hop (at least for my taste) with its dialogue. Fishburne's lines as narrator, at times, are very rhythmic and poetic, blending with the undercurrent of music. He is also fairly profound at moments, going well beyond his profession (whether as cop or drug dealer) to be a father figure to the little boy who lived across the hall. The only argument one could really make is that Tolkin's dialogue is a bit too "preachy" at times and possibly a bit too profound in some pressure-packed moments--would these thugs come up with these lines in these situations? It doesn't matter to me. I'll give Tolkin bonus points for writing a clever, smart, quick screenplay, complete with the moral ambiguities he seems to love and the less-than-happily-ever-after ending we all should have expected from him. Bottom line: this is one of the best crime/drug movies I can think of, and Fishburne's performance (really his break-out one) is well worth a rental, at the very least. It is "out of the box" enough and performed so well as to be highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: I'd Forgotten How Good This Movie Is. . . !
Review: I haven't seen this movie for quite a few years, but I became a huge fan of Laurence Fishburne because of it. I remembered loving the dialogue of the film and the intrinsic moral struggles of Fishburne's character. I had also forgotten that Michael Tolkin (THE PLAYER, AMONG THE DEAD--a novel, and CHANGING LANES) wrote the screenplay. All until I purchased it on DVD last week and watched it Friday evening. Man, that's a lot to forget. . . . Fishburne is simply spectacular in a quietly disturbing and understated way. His eyes tell much of the story. One of the reviewers called him "broding," and this is a good description. His character doesn't want the assignment but flourishes in it. Doing a bad thing well has its own rewards and punishments. Goldblum--hardly one's first thought at Oscar time each year--is excellent as Fishburne's "partner" in crime. Everybody else is, at the very least, very good: Fishburne's superior officer, his lady friend, the drug dealers, the cop/preacher chasing Fishburne. Tolkin does an admirable job of mixing the music of the movie, fairly heavy hip hop (at least for my taste) with its dialogue. Fishburne's lines as narrator, at times, are very rhythmic and poetic, blending with the undercurrent of music. He is also fairly profound at moments, going well beyond his profession (whether as cop or drug dealer) to be a father figure to the little boy who lived across the hall. The only argument one could really make is that Tolkin's dialogue is a bit too "preachy" at times and possibly a bit too profound in some pressure-packed moments--would these thugs come up with these lines in these situations? It doesn't matter to me. I'll give Tolkin bonus points for writing a clever, smart, quick screenplay, complete with the moral ambiguities he seems to love and the less-than-happily-ever-after ending we all should have expected from him. Bottom line: this is one of the best crime/drug movies I can think of, and Fishburne's performance (really his break-out one) is well worth a rental, at the very least. It is "out of the box" enough and performed so well as to be highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: Good Crime Drama!
Review: I saw this movie about a hundred times and I can't say that I am tired of putting this flick in the old dvd player. It's a dated movie but it has one of Laurence Fishburne's best performances as a leading main character. Goldblum is a little annoying but other than that this movie ranks on the list of favorites.
Rating:
Summary: awesome, One of the best
Review: I watched this movie over a hundred times , and i still havent gotten sick of it. its a Pure classic. Larry Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum just blow the screen away. Although it does get a little shady towards the end, the film is filled with one-liners galore. When asked if he ever had sex with two woman at the same time , Fishburne immediateley replies "yeah, your mother and your father". The best thing about it is the unpredictability with which it unfolds. you never know what will happen next, and what you expect to happen suddenly doesnt. A definite must see. Narrated by Fishburne with a taste for Urban Poetry" The jungle Creed, say the strongest feed, on any prey they can. And i was branded beast, at every feast, before i ever became a man."Excellent movie.
| 
