Internal Affairs

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.

Cast

Richard Gere

as Dennis Peck

Andy Garcia

as Raymond Avila

Laurie Metcalf

as Amy Wallace

Nancy Travis

as Kathleen Avila

Elijah Wood

as Sean Stretch

Richard Bradford

as Grieb

William Baldwin

as Van Stretch

Michael Beach

as Dorian Fletcher

Faye Grant

as Penny Stretch

John Kapelos

as Steven Arrocas

Reviews

John Chard

Like a big baby with buttons all over. I push the buttons. Internal Affairs is directed by Mike Figgis and written by Henry Bean. It stars Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, William Baldwin and Laurie Metcalf. Music is jointly produced by Figgis, Brian Banks and Anthony Marinelli and cinema...

CinemaSerf

This provides the audience with quite a different role from the otherwise good looking (romantic) hero type characters usually associated with Richard Gere. In this film, he portrays "Dennis Peck", an outwardly upstanding police officer who is about as dodgy as they come underneath. When Andy Garcia...

JPV852

Really solid crime-drama featuring great performances all around, though probably the best in Richard Gere's career. Might not have the scope of others in the genre, but this Mike Figgis directed flick was well done. **3.75/5**...

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