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Deep cover, New Line Cinema presents a Pierre David/Henry Bean production ; a Bill Duke film ; story by Michael Tolkin ; screenplay by Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean ; produced by Pierre David and Henry Bean ; directed by Bill Duke

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videorecording

MPAA rating: R; for violence, language, drug use, and sensuality

Deep cover

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New Line Cinema presents a Pierre David/Henry Bean production ; a Bill Duke film ; story by Michael Tolkin ; screenplay by Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean ; produced by Pierre David and Henry Bean ; directed by Bill Duke

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The Criterion collection, 1086

"Film noir hits the mean streets of 1990s Los Angeles in this stylish and subversive underworld odyssey from veteran actor-director Bill Duke. Laurence Fishburne stars as Russell Stevens, a police officer who goes undercover as 'John Hull,' the partner of a dangerously ambitious cocaine trafficker (Jeff Goldblum), in order to bring down a powerful Latin American drug ring operating in LA. But the further Stevens descends into this ruthless world of money, violence, and power, the more disillusioned he becomes--and the harder it is to make out the line between right and wrong, crime and justice. Steeped in shadowy, neon-soaked atmosphere and featuring Dr. Dre's debut solo single, Deep Cover is an unsung gem of the nineties' Black cinemal explosion that delivers a riveting character study and sleek action thrills alongside a furious moral indictment of America and the devastating failures of the war on drugs"--Container

live action