Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop?
Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller.
The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narration/voice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters.
Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppie/violence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with "black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge.
However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.
本站是专业的影视信息导航服务平台，严格遵守国家法律法规，坚持合规运营： 服务声明 本站所有内容均来自互联网公开引用资源，仅为用户提供便捷的影视信息检索及观看指引服务 严格遵循"避风港原则"，不存储、不制作、不上传任何影视资源 所有内容均跳转至第三方合法站点或由网友分享提供 平台优势 🎬 金牌影院品质：每日人工精选全网高清资源，更新速度领先行业 💯 免费观看：提供2025最新最新美剧、美剧综艺、人人美剧、天天美剧、美国大片 🔍 智能检索：支持按类型/年份/地区快速查找影视资源 📱 多端适配：手机/电脑/平板均可流畅追剧 用户权益保障 严格筛选合作资源方，确保跳转站点安全无病毒 提供观影指南和常见问题解答，优化观看体验 设立侵权投诉通道，24小时内响应处理 温馨提示 建议支持正版影视作品 本平台仅提供搜索技术服务，观影产生的一切责任由资源提供方承担.
