Internal Affairs [Blu-ray]

Director: Mike Figgis Mike Figgis

Overview

In this glossy L.A. crime drama by Mike Figgis, Andy Garcia stars as Sgt. Raymond Avila, a cop who just joined the Internal Affairs division of the L.A.P.D. An investigation into police corruption has led Avila and his partner, Sgt. Amy Wallace (Laurie Metcalf), to Officer Dennis Peck (Richard Gere). Avila suspects something about Peck from the beginning; his influence and dominance over others seems to extend further than the reach of his badge. When officers who wish to testify against Peck start dying, the depth of his corruption becomes increasingly clear; at his disposal, he has an army of cops and criminals alike. He even agrees to assassinate a sleazy businessman's own parents, and humiliates the businessman while they make the deal. In his drive to dominate others, Peck attempts to seduce almost every woman around him and is obsessed with children and fatherhood. Peck is most dangerous when the investigation threatens his territory and his extended family; he stalks Avila and turns him against his wife (Nancy Travis).

Product Details

Release Date:	10/10/2017
UPC:	0032429285485
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	R
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	12,831

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Richard Gere	Dennis Peck
Andy Garcia	Raymond Avilla
Nancy Travis	Kathleen Avilla
Laurie Metcalf	Amy Wallace
Richard Bradford	Grieb
William Baldwin	Van Stretch
Michael Beach	Dorian Fletcher
Faye Grant	Penny
Katherine Borowitz	Tova Arrocas
John Kapelos	Steven Arrocas
Ron Vawter	Comdr. Oakes
John Getz	Teeters
Annabella Sciorra	Heather Peck
Susan Forristal	Lolly
Lew Hopson	Buster
Julio Oscar Mechoso	Gregory
Allan Havey	Judson
Xander Berkeley	Rudy Mohr
John Capodice	Chief Healy
Victoria Dillard	Kee
Pamella D'Pella	Cheryl
Dinah Lenney	Newscaster
Heather Lauren Olson	Megan Peck
Tyde Kierney	Sergeant Trafficante/Sgt. Trafficante
Scott Lincoln	Freddy
Harry S. Murphy	Surgeon,Surgeon
Billie Neal	Liz Fletcher
Marco Rodríguez	Demetrio
Arlen Dean Snyder	Capt. Riordan
Deryn Warren	T.V. Reporter
Valerie Wildman	May
Joseph Mazzello	Actor
Richard Whitaker	Marksman
Jimmy Ortega	Oscar
Elijah Wood	Sean
Carrie Frazier	Actor
Justin DeRosa	Latino Driver
Helen Lin	Dina
Shani Ginsberg	Actor
Waldemar Kalinowski	Surgeon #2
Brian Johnson	Busboy
Brian Banks	Composer
Anthony Marinelli	Composer
Mike Figgis	Composer

Technical Credits

Henry Bean

Mike Figgis	Director
Pierre David	Executive Producer,Producer
Rene Malo	Executive Producer,Producer,Executive Producer
Frank Mancuso Jr.	Producer
Henry Bean	Screenwriter
David Streit	Producer
Bob Beemer	Sound Effects
David Brownlow	Sound Effects
Bruce Foster	Sound Effects
Gary S. Gerlich	Sound Effects
Pam O'Har	Producer
Mara Trafficante	Producer
Lisa Cain	Stunts
Tom Caton	Sound Effects
Paul Staples	Special Effects
Shani Ginsberg	Casting
Carrie Frazier	Casting

Editorial Reviews

An air of poisoned, kinky sex hangs over almost every frame of Internal Affairs and makes it an interesting neo-noir with a slyly apt title, for what's more "internal" than one's sexual affairs? The best of the early, great noirs have an overripe tone and a heated subtext that suggest things at least as interesting as what's made explicit. So does Internal Affairs: Director Mike Figgis, screenwriter Henry Bean, and cinematographer John A. Alonzo load the film with a creepy sexual undertone that pools around the police procedural staples of the plot. Raymond (Andy Garcia) is an Internal Affairs investigator who would rather be mercilessly pursuing corruption along the dark, deserted L.A. streets with his lesbian partner (Laurie Metcalf) than home with his lovely but demure wife (Nancy Travis). Officer Dennis Peck (Richard Gere) uses sex and the sleaze he finds on the job as a bludgeon to seduce women and emasculate men. He uses an accidental shooting to corrupt one fellow cop (Michael Beach) and drugs, money, and an affair with his wife to subvert another (William Baldwin). It's one of Gere's most seamless and convincing performances: You can see from the sadistic gleam in his eye that he's really enjoying himself, and if the suffused sex in the movie doesn't throw you off, you'll enjoy it, too.

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