Internal Affairs - Trust him, he's a cop
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Internal Affairs - Trust him, he's a cop |
| Original title | Internal affairs |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mike Figgis |
| script | Henry Bean |
| production |
Pierre David , René Malo , Frank Mancuso Jr. |
| music |
Brian Banks , Mike Figgis , Anthony Marinelli |
| camera | John A. Alonzo |
| cut | Robert Estrin |
| occupation | |
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Internal Affairs - Trust him, he's a cop (Original Title: Internal Affairs ) is an American thriller from 1990 . It was directed by Mike Figgis and written by Henry Bean . The main roles were played by Richard Gere and Andy García .
action
Raymond Avilla is an LAPD police officer who has been transferred to the Internal Investigation Department. In his first case, he and his colleague Amy Wallace are investigating police officer Van Stretch, who has recently been charged several times for violent behavior. In fact, Stretch also gets violent against his wife because he suspects that she is cheating.
The investigation shows that Stretch apparently has more money than he could earn in his job. The suspicion arises that the police officer is not only addicted to drugs, but also corrupt . Avilla, who knows Stretch from the police school, does not trust him to do organized machinations of this dimension. He and Wallace are now turning their attention to the experienced policeman Dennis Peck, who despite his age still does patrol duty.
They find out that Peck keeps his colleagues docile, e.g. B. provides part-time jobs or stands by in the event of violations of service regulations. In this way, Peck buys the loyalty of his colleagues in order to be able to cover his money-making, criminal machinations. His supposedly amicable nature is only an advance and ends as soon as he sees himself in distress. For example, Peck himself is the one who cheats on Stretch with his wife. And when it became clear that Stretch was threatening to collapse under the pressure of the investigation, Peck hired a professional killer to get Stretch out of the way in a fictitious vehicle control during the patrol. Then Peck murders him in order to cover his tracks in the murder.
In order to disrupt the investigation, Peck also tries to wear down Avilla. With provocative conversations he makes sexual hints about Avilla's attractive wife and tries to drive a wedge between her and Avilla. He's almost successful with it. After repeated interrogations, the decisive lead finally comes from Peck's wife. When she recognizes the names of two old, wealthy, married murder victims whose grown son had recently had contact with Peck, she incriminates her husband when she realizes that he is also a contract killer .
While trying to arrest him , Peck tries to murder Wallace because at the moment she was in a place where he had committed more murders in order to further cover up his crimes. She survived the attack, seriously injured, and identified Peck as the perpetrator. Peck is able to escape first and, knowing that he is done for when he later sees the police in his house, he finally holed up in Avilla's apartment, where he took his wife hostage and tried to rape her in revenge. But Avilla realizes his intentions in time and saves his wife. When Peck tries to murder him instead, Avilla shoots him.
Reviews
James Berardinelli admitted the film had its flaws. In terms of atmosphere and timing, however, he is a direct hit. He delivers what he promises and something more.
Desson Howe compared the actors in the Washington Post on January 12, 1990 with the Barbie dolls. He described the script as an "excuse".
Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone magazine on February 8, 1990 that "another" police film with "macho" characters is something you don't need. He criticized the dialogues; he also accused the film of "racism" and "sexism". The “excellent” cast is “wasted”.
backgrounds
The shooting took place in Los Angeles . The film grossed approximately $ 27.7 million in US cinemas . In Germany there were over 264,000 visitors.