CrimeDrama

Internal Affairs

- Trust him... he's a cop.

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.

Release Date : 1990-01-12

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesImage OrganizationMalofilmOut of the Town Films

Production Country : CanadaUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dennis Peck

Original Name : Richard Gere

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raymond Avila

Original Name : Andy García

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amy Wallace

Original Name : Laurie Metcalf

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kathleen Avila

Original Name : Nancy Travis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sean Stretch

Original Name : Elijah Wood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grieb

Original Name : Richard Bradford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Van Stretch

Original Name : William Baldwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dorian Fletcher

Original Name : Michael Beach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penny Stretch

Original Name : Faye Grant

Gender : Female

Character Name : Steven Arrocas

Original Name : John Kapelos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tova Arrocas

Original Name : Katherine Borowitz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Heather Peck

Original Name : Annabella Sciorra

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lolly

Original Name : Susan Forristal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jaegar

Original Name : Ron Vawter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rudy Mohr

Original Name : Xander Berkeley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Healy

Original Name : John Capodice

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kee

Original Name : Victoria Dillard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cheryl

Original Name : Pamella D'Pella

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judson

Original Name : Allan Havey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buster

Original Name : Lew Hopson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Trafficante

Original Name : Tyde Kierney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freddy

Original Name : Scott Lincoln

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cousin Gregory

Original Name : Julio Oscar Mechoso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Liz Fletcher

Original Name : Billie Neal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Megan Peck

Original Name : Heather Lauren Olson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Demetrio

Original Name : Marco Rodríguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Riordan

Original Name : Arlen Dean Snyder

Gender : Male

Character Name : May

Original Name : Valerie Wildman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carlos

Original Name : Hamlet Arman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kevin

Original Name : Mitchell Claman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hollander

Original Name : Mike Figgis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dina

Original Name : Helen Lin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oscar

Original Name : Jimmy Ortega

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Dinah Lenney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Surgeon

Original Name : Harry S. Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Domingo Adkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surfer Chick

Original Name : Camilla Bergstrom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Surfer Dude

Original Name : Grant Sawyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Honor Guard Sergeant

Original Name : Mark A. Cuttin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Latino Driver

Original Name : Justin De Rosa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest

Original Name : Geoffrey Grider

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Andrew Herman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surgeon

Original Name : Waldemar Kalinowski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Cop

Original Name : Frank Mancuso Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Medic

Original Name : Hank McGill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marksman

Original Name : Richard B. Whitaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Busboy

Original Name : Brian Eric Johnson

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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 cinematography is by John A. Alonzo. Stylish neo-noir that has Gere as Dennis Peck, a crooked cop under investigation by IAD operatives Garcia and Metcalf. Peck is a master manipulator, a devious bastard who has his fingers in so many mud pies he could start his own bakery. Gere is on fire with the role, imbuing Peck with a menacing nastiness that’s a constant throughout the entire play. Once Figgis and Bean have laid the character foundations, the plot turns into a psychological battle of wills and skills between Peck and Raymond Avila (Garcia), with Peck always one step ahead because he knows where Avila’s weakness is. Figgis slow burns the tension with great aplomb, then unleashes the beasts for the thriller aspects of Bean’s screenplay. The look and feel of the piece is that of doom, deftly positing Peck’s vileness within a city awash with crooks, hookers and hitmen for hire. 8/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-26

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 is brought in to investigate goings on at his precinct, he quickly concludes that Gere's partner - the aptly named "Van Stretch" (William Baldwin) is a bit of a no good wife beater, and soon he and Gere are at loggerheads. The screenplay doesn't pull it's punches - this is an out and out depiction of domestic violence, thuggery and police corruption; and not just of one rogue officer, but of an internecine network that stretches far and wide. Gere is just OK - to be honest. He never was my favourite actor and playing the bad guy by the odd vaguely menacing glance whilst lobbing in the odd f-word didn't go anywhere near enough to remove that gentle goody-goody image. The only hair-raising thing Andy Garcia seemed likely to have ever done would have involved a heck of a lot of gel, and the whole thing has a certain professionalism about the production that neutralised, effectively, anything gritty or sordid about their behaviour. I watched it because it is freezing cold, and it was on the telly - but I'm not sure that age has helped it much, and I think maybe I won't bother again.