Internal Affairs
First screened in January 2025
Director: Mike Figgis. Cast: Andy Garcia, Richard Gere, Laurie Metcalf, Nancy Travis, William Baldwin, Michael Beach, Faye Grant, John Kapelos, Katherine Borowitz, Ron Vawter, Richard Bradford, Annabella Sciorra, Susan Forristal, Xander Berkeley, Victoria Dillard, Elijah Wood. Screenplay: Henry Bean.
In Brief:
Vestiges of familiar cop/crook yarns. Gere's commitment lifts it. Direction grows more interesting in second hour.
VOR:③
Pre-Rodney King dunk into LAPD corruption, though race notably recessed as a theme. Adventurous gestures outweigh anonymous ones. Figgis tries stuff!
