Deep Cover Page #3

Synopsis: A black uniformed policeman is recruited by a devious drug enforcement agent to infiltrate a smuggling organization seeking to expand into designer drugs. This 'ugly side of the war on drugs' explores the context of race, identity and hypocrisy within a brutal and alienating investigation.
Director(s): Bill Duke
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
1992
107 min
442 Views


Getting your case called first.

How do you plead?

Um, your honor,

l'd like to, uh---

lf I may approach you?

Your honor, uh...

this is the preliminary

police toxicology report...

which says that the substance

seized from my client...

was Mannitol, a baby laxative.

l've spoken with the prosecutor.

She agrees

to an immediate dismissal.

Miss Ryan?

Dismissed.

Audi 5000.

You're a saint.

is he here?

Yeah. him and Eddie.

You sold me Mannitol.

lf I hadn't,

you'd be in jail right now.

Don't worry.

You'll get what you paid for.

Police helicopter

shined the light on us.

He said, ''Sh*t.

The police done you a favor.''

You been eating grass

for the last half hour.

My man.

Were you surprised to see him?

Salaam aleichem, brother.

Listen, John here got busted...

but he kept his mouth shut.

Now, uh, everybody here

can't say that, right?

Finally, Felix Barbosa...

the first stop

on Carver's pyramid.

l was right where

l was supposed to be.

That really depends

on what you're saying, David.

Are you saying something

about me?

Come on, Eddie.

Tell the truth. Be honorable.

That's all you got left.

F*** you, little f*ggot.

Ain't had p*ssy

since p*ssy had you.

Cops made you

give them somebody.

Yeah. OK. All right. Cool.

l gave somebody up.

All I gave up

was this little motherf***er.

You got the money.

Eighteen grand.

Count the sh*t, David.

There it is on the table.

Next time you might give up us.

Now, wait a minute.

Wait a f***ing minute.

Never, Felix. I swear to God.

l would never--

l know you never will.

Why y'all gonna do me like that?

Sh*t.

I'm worth money to you.

l could give you money.

Why, Eddie?

You don't owe me anything.

Just to tell you that I'm cool.

l could hook you up

with another 18 or 2-4.

l could go with an extra two.

You know,

just for the wildlife fund.

l could go with 5-0.

Why not one hundred?

One hundred?

Cool. One hundred.

give it.

Twenty four hours, man.

Tomorrow.

Now.

Ten seconds.

One.

l don't have it.

l got to see the versatelier.

Two.

What you gonna do, man?

Five.

Why you treating me

like this, man?

I'll get it. I swear to God!

Six.

You want to do it, David?

Come on. You know me.

What am I doing? Oh, God!

-Motherf***er!

-Let him go! Let him go!

I'm sorry. Oh, God.

Jesus f***ing Christ, man!

lt was a f***ing joke, Eddie.

Eddie, please go home, huh?

Apologize to these guys

and go home.

F***. All right.

Gopher, Gopher, I'm very sorry.

Listen, man, I didn't mean

to call you a homosexual.

And you know I'm a businessman.

l go to work.

-Hey, brother--

-Go home, man.

Eddie, I just want

to ask you a question.

You really f***ing think

you'd get away with this sh*t?

You work for me, Eddie...

learn to keep

your f***ing mouth shut!

Understand? If you can't f***ing

do it, I'll do it for you!

I'm sorry.

I'll f***ing do it for you

permanently.

Come here.

I'm sorry!

Come here, you...

F*** it.

Come on, you guys.

Take a look at this, huh?

So, Johnny...

what do you think?

l think you made your point.

Hey, I like him.

That's very good.

What about you, bar mitzvah boy?

first time you see somebody die?

Uh, I was fourteen, and uh...

l was in camp, and, uh...

a friend of mine

was water-skiing, and...

a junior counselor

was driving the boat, and...

the motorboat ran him over.

You ought to kill a man someday,

David.

lt's...

liberating.

Coke is dead. So what's next?

Oh, you're so smart.

Well, that's the question...

but that's for me to know

and you to find out.

Why aren't you selling it, then?

'Cause, uh...

l can make it chemically.

l know how to market it.

l need a chunk of money...

and that's why I'm hanging

around with this a**hole Barbosa.

-l can't get the big guys.

-Who are the big guys?

Why can't you get next to them?

l don't move enough quantity.

Why do you ask

so many questions?

'Cause I'm a cop.

That's funny.

Hey, I told you that.

You know anything

about designer drugs?

What, ice and ecstasy and tar?

Yeah, yeah. You know,

they've gotten a bad name...

'cause there's a limited market

for Parkinson's disease...

but what about a substance...

that was absolutely safe

and currently legal...

that you could go to work on...

and do your job better...

than you ever did it straight?

Right. Sounds like a dream.

in dreams

begin responsibilities.

So what is this new thing,

this thing you can make--

Oh, some other time, John,

when we know each other better.

Let's see what we have.

this is more than I bought.

Yeah. Well, half we owe you.

The other half's on consignment.

lt's a token of our esteem

'cause you kept your mouth shut.

You having trouble moving it...

especially

since you got no more Eddie.

You got me.

That's true.

Make me your partner,

I'll get your money.

l need a salesman,

not a partner.

You need a partner...

'cause Felix Barbosa won't back

you and your wonder drug...

whatever it is.

One.

Two.

l can't buy that much sh*t.

l don't have that in the budget.

What am I supposed to do

with it?

You're a drug dealer.

Deal drugs.

Hey, man. Me first!

l was supposed to be

making a difference.

Here I was selling drugs to kids

and pregnant women.

l hated doing

what I was doing...

but I was good at it.

Being a cop was never this easy.

Peace.

Listen, if you working for me,

you either use or you sell.

You can't do both.

How am I supposed to use

lf I got four kids?

Fine young thing like you?

What you doing with four kids?

I'll give you fine young thing,

baby.

b*tch, I told you--

Another f***ing n*gger's car--

l don't want to have

to see you here!

Get your hands off me, buddy!

All right. It's cool.

Hey, it's cool, baby.

Listen up, sissy.

This place ain't yours no more.

It's ours.

So take your

weasel-looking ass...

and this scrawny b*tch

the f*** out of here.

Send that n*gger home!

Yeah. I'll be back.

You see that movie, man?

Rent it

at your local video store.

Let's roll, baby.

David, there's someone here

to see you.

So what's your name?

John. You?

Jacquiline with a ''J.''

-l got to go.

-No, wait. Come back.

Same time, same station.

-Don't let it get cold.

-All right.

David, we got to go, man.

How come I like balling

black chicks so much?

Maybe you feel

like you f***ing a slave.

-Like a bondage thing?

-No. Like a racist thing.

You ever been

with two women at once?

Yeah.

Your mother and your father.

Yeah? did my mama

get buck wild on you?

OK, Mack Daddy...

you're about to meet

somebody very--

You'll thank me for this.

She's a truffie. Lock the door.

Ooh, baby! Baby.

David, you're late.

So beige.

You're a vision in beige.

this is Betty. Isn't she...

a stone fox?

John Hull, my new associate.

Your new Eddie.

l hear the old one wore out.

Factory recall.

this is the advanced model.

That's $50,000, thanks to John,

employee of the week.

So how does this work?

dig--dig this.

Betty sends this money...

to an unnamed African nation...

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Michael Tolkin

Michael L. Tolkin (born October 17, 1950) is an American filmmaker and novelist. He has written numerous screenplays, including The Player (1992), which he adapted from his novel of the same name (1988), and for which he received the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (1993). The Return of the Player, followed (2006). more…

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