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One Bad Cop
Why is it that some of our best actors give their best performances when they are playing bad guys? Maybe it's the change of pace; one probably gets tired of being the hero in film after film; but they clearly seem to revel in the opportunity of playing a straight-up jerk once in a while. In "Internal Affairs", we have Richard Gere coming down off his movie idol pedestal and giving a devastating performance as Dennis Peck, a cop who gives corruption a whole new definition. This guy makes Satan look like a boy scout. He carries on a brazen affair with his partner's wife; arranges to have his partner whacked when the police department's internal affairs bureau begins investigating his partner's extracurricular activities a little too closely and his partner is about to implicate him in the mess; agrees to execute a wealthy businessman's elderly parents who are taking too long to die so that he can come into his inheritance (meanwhile seducing the businessman's wife as part of his fee for service); and tries to seduce the wife of Raymond Avila, the internal affairs cop played by Andy Garcia, when Avila starts to suspect that Peck isn't the poster-boy cop his precinct command has made him out to be. The movie tries to show us what Peck thinks is his softer side; he's a devoted father to his offspring, but we can see that to Peck his children are nothing but trophies; he's still in his thirties but he already has 8 by three former wives and his fourth wife is expecting his ninth. Peck's children are extensions of himself; his wives are baby-making machines, and his partners and co-workers are pawns to be used for his own nefarious purposes. When Avila realizes that Peck has tried to destroy him as a cop and as a man by attempting to seduce his wife, the battle lines are drawn; Avila, of course, will be Peck's nemesis, but it's fascinating to watch each of them try to bring the other down. There are excellent performances by the supporting cast, particularly Nancy Travis as Avila's wife; Laurie Metcalf as Amy Wallace, Avila's partner who proves she's a tough a cop as any man, and William Baldwin as Van Stretch, Peck's hapless and ultimately gutless partner, brave enough to beat up on his wife but not strong enough to stand up to Peck and the venality he represents. Peck is one of the more intriguing anti-heroes on film; just when we think he's hit rock bottom, he takes a shovel and starts to dig himself in even deeper; he sees Avila's decency as a weakness he can manipulate just as he has played and destroyed everyone who crosses him. Some people, especially those who don't like to see law enforcement portrayed in a negative light, are going to be offended by this movie, but the film doesn't tar all policemen with the same brush; it's a fascinating and disturbing voyage into the mind of one very bad cop.

One of my faves
What makes thsi movie so good is the mind war going on between Andy Garcia and Richard Gere's characters. Garcia is tryign to unravel the labyrinthe of villainy and insanity that Gere has created as a corrupt cop. Gere is actually at first tickled that he's under investigation (thru his young partner Billy Baldwin) because he controls so much of his life. Multiple women/wives all living together, lots of kids, drug money, police power. But when Garcia of Internal Affairs starts getting too close Gere actually sets up a seduction of his wife that looks like one thing, is another thing and leads up to a very erotic, emotional scene between Garcia and his wife. Laurie metlcalf also plays a lesbian cop who Garcia briefly butts heads with as they team up. The nice thing about this movie is how everyone makes sense as a character and no one is entirely comfortable with the other characters. Loyalty is shown as a natural growth and betrayal a likely outcome. Very mature, strong film from gere, who makes an effort it seems to choose characters that have an internalworld going on that the watcher has to fathom about as he slowly lets possibilities, concepts slip out of what the motivations may be. Garcia is fantastic too. An incredible actor himself who chooses movies that allow his sublte, slightly repressed intensity to boil to the surface. Garcia, I hate comparisons, is very much like Al Pacino of the 70's.

Going Toe To Toe
Fresh off his supporting roles in Black Rain and The Untouchables, actor Andy Garcia teamed with Richard Gere, in a thriller for director Mike Figgis. The end result is a solid film, that is able to rise above its cliches, thanks to its cast.

Raymond Avila (Garcia) works for the internal affairs division of the LAPD and has been assigned to investigate Dennis Peck (Gere), a corrupt officer. The two men circle each other, like hunter and prey, certain that each will take the other down. It's discovered that the stakes get more personal when Peck uses Avila's wife Kathleen (Nancy Travis), and his partner Amy (Laurie Metcalf), as a way to get him off the trail.

Figgis plays the movie like a boxing match as the two leads go head to head. Gere plays it Peck like a total scumbag. He's a smooth operator--who happens to have a God complex. He is so sure of himself that he's bold enough to have 4 wives and eight kids. But as horrible as the character is, he plays it so well that, despite that, he's also quite magnetic. Also, by now, Garcia has come into his own as an actor and is able to hold his own. Some of the script suffers a bit from a stale smell. Thankfully, Gere and Garcia keep your attention throughout the movie, to soften those issues.

The DVD may not have any extras, but it is overflowing with enough of everthing else--all in all--for me to recommend this film.

Gere is so good when he's bad
Gere is so believable in this film. Initially, he is nearly sympathetic. Baldwin does a fine job Gere's partner. Garcia delivers what may be his finest peformance. Travis holds her own and definitely steals some scenes. This is an older movie, but it still smoking today. Well worth watching over and over. A keeper for the collection!

Didn't 'Faire' well with me
Internal Affairs is nothing more than an early 90's B Movie gone bad. Richard Gere may have had his worst performance in his career, and Andy Garcia definitely did.

Why people are so drawn to this movie is beyond me. Maybe I missed something, but I don't think so. Sex played a vital role in the movie, and to me, there was nothing steamy about it. It just sizzled right out.

Gere and Garcia so obviously walked through their parts and they must have needed the money, because they were just jokes. Garcia was incredibly stiff. There was no emotion in his character until the end, and even then it was mild. Gere was awful as the "villain". He's obviously progressed immensely as an actor.

The directing was just plain bad. It seemed the actors didn't know what to do for moments in the movie. There were awkward silences and pauses that were either put into the film on purpose for some insane reason or the actors had nothing better to do.

Internal Affairs is a complete disaster with storybook qualities. Don't waste your time with this mess. 2 Stars ... Read more

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A fair erotic thriller
I'm sorry this movie is not available at ... at present, especially in its unrated format. This is my second favorite Joan Severance feature, mostly because of the ... scenes between her and her two male leads. She is steaming hot, especially on the kitchen table.
As far as the story goes, it's a fairly rehashed film noir about a cop on the edge and the way his ... wife manipulates him into murdering her brother. He in turn is betrayed by her when she manipulates and beds an Internal Affairs cop who's investigating her husband. All for money.
The main reason I rented this at the video store was for Joan Severance, and she delivers the goods. Good companion viewing for Payback, another steamy Severance flick. ... Read more

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Better Than Expected
This movie is a virtual scene for scene remake of a 1985 movie called "Streetwalkin'." And it has some of the same actors too. I liked this version better and Leslie Bega,who plays Micki, is really hot! However, I am wondering why they changed the name of this movie. It used to be called "Angel In Red" and I liked that title better. "Uncaged" is too generic and vague.

Spellbinding tale of dangerous jealousy
Heart-raking story of a prostitute working to keep her and her brother off the streets and has all that she's worked for taken away by her lover: a cold, jealous, psychopath who will stop at nothing just to feel she's staying faithful. Don't be fooled for a second by the video box, this is a sad, WELL-ACTED tearfest. ... Read more

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A fair erotic thriller
I'm sorry this movie is not available at ... at present, especially in its unrated format. This is my second favorite Joan Severance feature, mostly because of the ... scenes between her and her two male leads. She is steaming hot, especially on the kitchen table.
As far as the story goes, it's a fairly rehashed film noir about a cop on the edge and the way his ... wife manipulates him into murdering her brother. He in turn is betrayed by her when she manipulates and beds an Internal Affairs cop who's investigating her husband. All for money.
The main reason I rented this at the video store was for Joan Severance, and she delivers the goods. Good companion viewing for Payback, another steamy Severance flick. ... Read more

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not as good as expected
for all of you w.i.p films this is a dud not what we are all looking for but had a few parts that were intersteing but very few

Some people shouldn't make women-in-prison movies!
If you're going to attempt a women-in-jail flick, you've GOT to have at least ONE good girl-girl scene, right? If not, then why bother at all? I mean, people are going to EXPECT it, and to not include a couple of aggressive lesbian guards and/or prisoners kind of defeats the purpose for the entire film! Jewel looks good, but I'm sorry, it's not enough!

Super Agent Jewel Shepard breaks out of prison.
The latest Jewel Shepard movie. It's a Roger Corman production shot in the Philippines. Jewel Shepard plays Amanda, an operative for secret agency of the US Govt. While trying to get a US-favored leader out of his country, a rebellion starts. The revolutionaries capture the leader's daughter and it's up to Jewel to get herself arrested so she can break the daughter out and spirit her to safety.

Jewel Shepard, action, adventure, monsoons, women's prison... what more could you ask for? A must-have for all Jewel Shepard fans. END ... Read more

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do you shock easily?
The first time I viewed this movie, frankly I was sickened. It is not a pretty picture. There is not one person protrayed that I would actually like to meet. However it haunted me, I couldn't forget it. I tried to tell myself it was silly, dated, couldn't decide if it was a comedy or just a mix of whatever. I ended up watching it again, and the second veiwing was very different. I found that I saw a definate "courage" in the acting and directing of Bud Cort. This is a man that is not afraid to put himself out there, in the worse possible light i.e. a mentally unstable stalker. There is one scene where he is running away from the court ordered mental hospital, running down a hill, if you look closely, you will see the attention to detail that Bud Cort used. Ted's fly is open. There is scene after scene of this detail and attention to charater in this film. I began to look differently at all the people protrayed, since this was a true story and set in the time period that the film was made. Some people are not pretty, and are unstable, but have depth and talent, while others are pretty and shallow, or self-centered, or angry, or stoned and living by whole different set of rules. The poetry and language are skocking even by todays standards, and powerful. The whole movie shows the contradictions in people,and in life. And while Ted is clearly wrong..he was clearly wronged also. And his "Venus", bless her clueless little heart was in all honesty more fearful of the passion, and repulision of that same passion that Ted brought out in her than she was ever fearful of Ted personally. Bud Cort doesn't let either of his stars off easily in this film,(He plays Ted) they both are flawed, and in major denial, Ted's flaws are just not socially exceptable. The final scene is heart wrenching, and horrible to watch. The whole of the film is a vision in horror. Bud Cort makes his points here beautifully with one of the ugliest movies I have ever seen. I would personally watch anything with Bud Corts name on it now. I have ended up watching Ted and Venus several times, and each time I find something new. not for everyone!

Little man, what now?
I don't know how or why anyone ever gave washed up cult star wonderboy Bud Cort the opportunity to Write, Star In , AND Direct an entire film! The life and career of Mr. Cort has always been a somewhat morbid fascination of mine (we've all heard the analogy of the train wreck... so horrible, yet strangely intriguing, and I just can't look away). Plot is extremely weak. No meaningful character development in any fashion. Ted (Cort) was mentally devoid, greasy, and creepy as hell... In the movie, too! His object of desire was a pretty girl (the basic object of anyone's desire physically), however she was immature, very unintelligent, and was dating a totally gross, ugly guy whom I refer to as (the human foot), for reasons that will be obvious if you are ever so unfortunate as to be forced to sit through the whole thing. The number of cameos is disgusting.( a sort of charity work for people who co-starred in faerie tale theatre productions with bud, and an attempt to reunite the cast of Cheers). If a kind word were to be forced out of me regarding this movie, I guess I'd have to say it was the gratuitous nudity. It ordinarily brings down a movie's integrity, but in the case of "TED AND VENUS" it actually added at least 30 seconds of base-level entertainment. Vomit. ... Read more

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Much better than I expected, the best NO LIMIT film
I was surprised when I saw this movie, I bought a used copy really cheap and the last movie I seen with Snoop Dogg at the time was URBAN MENACE which I rented and was hugely dissapointed but this was an actual movie and everybody seems to do there best to make sure that it won't turn up on the same page as I GOT THE HOOK UP which was a really bad No Limit Film...

The movie is made with cheap camera systems so the camera work might not be Hollywood-class, but the movie itself is very entertaining and SILKK THE SHOCKER is prob. the best actor in the NO LIMIT family...

A warning though to the people who wants to see it only becouse of SNOOP DOGG, his screentime is about the time that METHOD MAN had in belly and NAS had in TICKER so u can't really be thinking that I wanna watch it becouse Snoop is in it cuz he's not in it too much... However the movie is very entertaining (Not as good as Boyz N The Hood or Menace II Society but which films are?)

could have been good
This film isn't a classic and it damn sure aint nowhere compared to "Belly", but it is watchable. The main problem is the action. This film would've been a story about love, loss, and revenge, but instead the story is almost unrecognizable because of all the long car chases, shootouts, and bad lines. There are good parts though and that's mainly because of the effect it has on people. You feel terrible that an innocent, pregnant woman is beaten to death and that the main character is forced to work for tricky cops.

d
this movie is alright. it is not worth buying. Master P was only on one part

THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE
snoop dogg, silkk the shocker, and master p star in this hood movie, i liked this movie because al the nolimit guys were in it, and i like nolimit *besides master p* The GO OUT AND GET THIS MOOVIE, IT IS A CLASIC

NO NO NO ABSOULTELY NOT! 0!0!0! ZERO!
NO NO NO NO NO. A BIG FAT 0. WHY MUST BLACKS ALWAYS BE PROTRAYED AS GANGSTAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE BAD. HERES THE STORY LINE: YEA I STARTS OFF GOOD. BUT THEN LATER TURNS INTO A VERY PREDICTIBLE AND POSSIBLY(FOR SURE ONE OF THE) WORST MOVIES EVER DONE. ITS ABOUT A GUY THAT HAS BIG DREAMS AND HAS A GIRLFRIEND THAT HE LOVES. THEN SHE IS JAILED FOR A MURDER SHE DID NOT DO(HE JUST DIED IN HERE ARMS). AND HE TRIES TO GET HERE OUT BY PROVING HER INNOCENCE.. WHILE IN PRISON SHE'S BEATEN TO DEATH BY A COP(YES THIS DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES IN REAL LIFE, AND YES SOMETIME FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER, AND NO ITS NOT ALWAYS WHITE COPS, COPS OF OTHER ETHNICITIES DO THIS AS WELL, SO I DO AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD JUST USE WHITE COPS AS THE WORST COPS). AFTER THIS HE BECOMES A GANGSTA FOR REVENGE. THIS MOVIE WAS TERRIBLE. THE BEST PART WAS THE END. MASTER P. PLEASE WRITE A MOVIE THAT DOESNT PROTRAY PEOPLE LIVING IN THE GHETTO AS GANGSTAS. IF U WANT TO SEE A GOOD MOVIE THAT TAKES PLACE IN A GHETTO THEN CHECK OUT "OUR SONG" PEACE. ... Read more

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Much better than I expected, the best NO LIMIT film
I was surprised when I saw this movie, I bought a used copy really cheap and the last movie I seen with Snoop Dogg at the time was URBAN MENACE which I rented and was hugely dissapointed but this was an actual movie and everybody seems to do there best to make sure that it won't turn up on the same page as I GOT THE HOOK UP which was a really bad No Limit Film...

The movie is made with cheap camera systems so the camera work might not be Hollywood-class, but the movie itself is very entertaining and SILKK THE SHOCKER is prob. the best actor in the NO LIMIT family...

A warning though to the people who wants to see it only becouse of SNOOP DOGG, his screentime is about the time that METHOD MAN had in belly and NAS had in TICKER so u can't really be thinking that I wanna watch it becouse Snoop is in it cuz he's not in it too much... However the movie is very entertaining (Not as good as Boyz N The Hood or Menace II Society but which films are?)

could have been good
This film isn't a classic and it damn sure aint nowhere compared to "Belly", but it is watchable. The main problem is the action. This film would've been a story about love, loss, and revenge, but instead the story is almost unrecognizable because of all the long car chases, shootouts, and bad lines. There are good parts though and that's mainly because of the effect it has on people. You feel terrible that an innocent, pregnant woman is beaten to death and that the main character is forced to work for tricky cops.

d
this movie is alright. it is not worth buying. Master P was only on one part

THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE
snoop dogg, silkk the shocker, and master p star in this hood movie, i liked this movie because al the nolimit guys were in it, and i like nolimit *besides master p* The GO OUT AND GET THIS MOOVIE, IT IS A CLASIC

NO NO NO ABSOULTELY NOT! 0!0!0! ZERO!
NO NO NO NO NO. A BIG FAT 0. WHY MUST BLACKS ALWAYS BE PROTRAYED AS GANGSTAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE BAD. HERES THE STORY LINE: YEA I STARTS OFF GOOD. BUT THEN LATER TURNS INTO A VERY PREDICTIBLE AND POSSIBLY(FOR SURE ONE OF THE) WORST MOVIES EVER DONE. ITS ABOUT A GUY THAT HAS BIG DREAMS AND HAS A GIRLFRIEND THAT HE LOVES. THEN SHE IS JAILED FOR A MURDER SHE DID NOT DO(HE JUST DIED IN HERE ARMS). AND HE TRIES TO GET HERE OUT BY PROVING HER INNOCENCE.. WHILE IN PRISON SHE'S BEATEN TO DEATH BY A COP(YES THIS DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES IN REAL LIFE, AND YES SOMETIME FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER, AND NO ITS NOT ALWAYS WHITE COPS, COPS OF OTHER ETHNICITIES DO THIS AS WELL, SO I DO AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD JUST USE WHITE COPS AS THE WORST COPS). AFTER THIS HE BECOMES A GANGSTA FOR REVENGE. THIS MOVIE WAS TERRIBLE. THE BEST PART WAS THE END. MASTER P. PLEASE WRITE A MOVIE THAT DOESNT PROTRAY PEOPLE LIVING IN THE GHETTO AS GANGSTAS. IF U WANT TO SEE A GOOD MOVIE THAT TAKES PLACE IN A GHETTO THEN CHECK OUT "OUR SONG" PEACE. ... Read more

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Much better than I expected, the best NO LIMIT film
I was surprised when I saw this movie, I bought a used copy really cheap and the last movie I seen with Snoop Dogg at the time was URBAN MENACE which I rented and was hugely dissapointed but this was an actual movie and everybody seems to do there best to make sure that it won't turn up on the same page as I GOT THE HOOK UP which was a really bad No Limit Film...

The movie is made with cheap camera systems so the camera work might not be Hollywood-class, but the movie itself is very entertaining and SILKK THE SHOCKER is prob. the best actor in the NO LIMIT family...

A warning though to the people who wants to see it only becouse of SNOOP DOGG, his screentime is about the time that METHOD MAN had in belly and NAS had in TICKER so u can't really be thinking that I wanna watch it becouse Snoop is in it cuz he's not in it too much... However the movie is very entertaining (Not as good as Boyz N The Hood or Menace II Society but which films are?)

could have been good
This film isn't a classic and it damn sure aint nowhere compared to "Belly", but it is watchable. The main problem is the action. This film would've been a story about love, loss, and revenge, but instead the story is almost unrecognizable because of all the long car chases, shootouts, and bad lines. There are good parts though and that's mainly because of the effect it has on people. You feel terrible that an innocent, pregnant woman is beaten to death and that the main character is forced to work for tricky cops.

d
this movie is alright. it is not worth buying. Master P was only on one part

THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE
snoop dogg, silkk the shocker, and master p star in this hood movie, i liked this movie because al the nolimit guys were in it, and i like nolimit *besides master p* The GO OUT AND GET THIS MOOVIE, IT IS A CLASIC

NO NO NO ABSOULTELY NOT! 0!0!0! ZERO!
NO NO NO NO NO. A BIG FAT 0. WHY MUST BLACKS ALWAYS BE PROTRAYED AS GANGSTAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE BAD. HERES THE STORY LINE: YEA I STARTS OFF GOOD. BUT THEN LATER TURNS INTO A VERY PREDICTIBLE AND POSSIBLY(FOR SURE ONE OF THE) WORST MOVIES EVER DONE. ITS ABOUT A GUY THAT HAS BIG DREAMS AND HAS A GIRLFRIEND THAT HE LOVES. THEN SHE IS JAILED FOR A MURDER SHE DID NOT DO(HE JUST DIED IN HERE ARMS). AND HE TRIES TO GET HERE OUT BY PROVING HER INNOCENCE.. WHILE IN PRISON SHE'S BEATEN TO DEATH BY A COP(YES THIS DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES IN REAL LIFE, AND YES SOMETIME FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER, AND NO ITS NOT ALWAYS WHITE COPS, COPS OF OTHER ETHNICITIES DO THIS AS WELL, SO I DO AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD JUST USE WHITE COPS AS THE WORST COPS). AFTER THIS HE BECOMES A GANGSTA FOR REVENGE. THIS MOVIE WAS TERRIBLE. THE BEST PART WAS THE END. MASTER P. PLEASE WRITE A MOVIE THAT DOESNT PROTRAY PEOPLE LIVING IN THE GHETTO AS GANGSTAS. IF U WANT TO SEE A GOOD MOVIE THAT TAKES PLACE IN A GHETTO THEN CHECK OUT "OUR SONG" PEACE. ... Read more

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A fair erotic thriller
I'm sorry this movie is not available at ... at present, especially in its unrated format. This is my second favorite Joan Severance feature, mostly because of the ... scenes between her and her two male leads. She is steaming hot, especially on the kitchen table.
As far as the story goes, it's a fairly rehashed film noir about a cop on the edge and the way his ... wife manipulates him into murdering her brother. He in turn is betrayed by her when she manipulates and beds an Internal Affairs cop who's investigating her husband. All for money.
The main reason I rented this at the video store was for Joan Severance, and she delivers the goods. Good companion viewing for Payback, another steamy Severance flick. ... Read more