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Storyline
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. Written by
Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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Trust him... he's a cop.
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Trivia
Richard Gere and
Andy Garcia reportedly did not get along during filming. Some of the scenes in which they were required to hit each other, particularly the confrontation in the elevator, were allegedly for real. Garcia subsequently refused to attend the wrap party.
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Goofs
The first time Avila is following Peck, Peck is in his Corvette convertible with the hardtop on. After driving for several miles, the top is gone. Corvette hardtops do not fold down and there is no room to carry them on the car unless they are in place.
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Quotes
Steven Arrocas:
[
Steven has just walked in on Peck having sex with his wife, Tovah]
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to Tovah]
Steven Arrocas:
I could kill you.
Dennis Peck:
Go ahead.
[
throws him a gun]
Dennis Peck:
Kill her. Come on, Steven. Be a man! Kill her. She paid me to kill you. She did.
[
whispers in his ear]
Dennis Peck:
Go on, shoot her. She's a tramp. She's a *big* tramp. Your parents are dead, and you've got a tramp for a wife. She fucks everybody.
[
gunshot]
Dennis Peck:
Steven, that was my foot.
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Soundtracks
"LO QUE ME GUSTA DE TI"
Written by Hugo Molinares
Performed by Fernando Lavoy
Courtesy of Don Mateo Records
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The subject here (police corruption) is banal, but it gains extra value and weight by Figgis' atmospheric direction and, especially, by Richard Gere's powerful performance in perhaps his most atypical role (and as far as I know, his only truly villainous one). After watching him in this film, I don't know how some people can still doubt that he's a talented actor as well an attractive star. The rest of the cast is also good. The finale, however, is somewhat disappointing. (**1/2)