Internal Affairs – Trau' ihm, er ist ein Cop (1990)

Internal Affairs – Trau’ ihm, er ist ein Cop: Directed by Mike Figgis. With Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf. An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.

“Dennis Peck is a street cop who seems happy to stay at that level, and yet he spends significantly more money than he makes on his copsu0026#39; pay. When IA officers investigate Pecku0026#39;s partner Van Stretch for planting drugs on a suspect and using unnecessary force, they decide to look into Peck more. However Peck knows how to exploit weakness in those around him and begins to clear up the loose links around him while pushing all Raymond Avilau0026#39;s buttons.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis was Figgisu0026#39; first American film and he made an excellent start. The dark plot is pretty simple in terms of beginning, middle, start. What makes it so much more than that is the characters are so well drawn. Peck and Avila both become like each other the more we know about them, their methods, their thoughts and their weaknesses are all similar. It makes it harder to fit everyone into the mould of good guys and bad guys and keeps everything more interesting. The various twists donu0026#39;t always make sense but the film is forceful enough to keep everything moving.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGere is on best form here, playing a character against type he is the embodiment of corruption, deceit and murder. Garcia is also excellent as Raymond, who blends his actions well from good into bad. Metcalfe is excellent as Garciau0026#39;s partner who may or may not be motivated by the hatred of Gereu0026#39;s macho personae. Itu0026#39;s also good to see Baldwin, Travis and Xander Berkley have good roles.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall this is a dark thriller that blends characters into one mess of corruption in the police. It is an excellent film with great characters.”