Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs (1990)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (7,576 ratings)

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… More

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Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Jan 12, 1990 Wide
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • , TIME Magazine

    Gere is hypnotic, writer Henry Bean's construction is entertainingly intricate, and director Mike Figgis knows how to turn on a subtle, authentic erotic heat.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Figgis never lets the pace slow long enough to expose the story's thinness despite, in retrospect, a moderate amount of action.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    Internal Affairs delivers what it promises, and perhaps a little more. There's less action but more menace, and the pulse quickens as the plot drives relentlessly toward a conclusion that, in retrospect, can be seen as inevitable.

  • , Time Out

    Dark, dangerous and disturbing.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Internal Affairs is, for the dim movie season that is traditionally January, an unusually bright light.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    "Richard Gere as Dennis Peck shows how well he can go from playing a good guy who trys to save the day, to this character who is a creepy creeper who makes your skin crawl. How these women are so easily tricked to sleep with Dennis is beyond me. He uses them in more way than one.… More

  • ♥Robyn


    Internal Affairs is a nasty little suspense thriller!!!and it was hard to see Richard Gere playing such an evil person..

  • Khris N


    Ahhh, the infamous Internal Affairs. The 1990's, with bad hair, fashion and shameless sex. XD!! Well, it is a classic in my opinion. Two of the coolest actors in my opinion of their time, Gere and Garcia, play off against each other in this cop drama which is actually pretty… More

  • Dean M


    This film is so brutal, sexually charged thriller. The unrelenting tension mounts as the pursuit of justice becomes a very personal vendetta.

  • xGary X


    This cop thriller revolving around corrupt officer Richard Gere was lauded over at the time, but Gere is badly miscast at the borderline psychotic peeler and basically sleepwalks through the movie. Garcia is better, but the whole thing reeks of contrived melodrama and is frankly… More

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