Deep Cover Page #6

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
470 Views


-You bet. Chino.

Relax, Chino.

Felix, this don't feel right.

What do you mean?

I'm talking about a feeling.

I thought

you were the crazy one.

This motherf***er's crazy.

I'm crazy, Felix.

I'm crazy about you.

-This bastard's wearing a wire.

-Oh, sh*t.

So why don't we get

in your car now?

What the hell's going on there?

Looks like we got a problem.

Let me use the scope.

-What are you doing?

-He's got a gun.

-Everybody in the car!

-He has a gun!

He was going to shoot

the informant.

All right, move in!

Move in! Now, don't shoot!

The informant's in the vehicle.

What the hell are you doing?

It went all right.

We're all right.

Hold on!

Look out! Look out!

Felix the rat.

He's a f***ing cop.

How else would he know

what was happening?

You--you motherf***er.

If I was a cop, you'd be face

down on the floor, back there.

Get out of the car.

Fine. Stop the car.

No time. Get out of the car.

-Not now!

-Yes, now!

Open the f***ing door.

-Open it!

-All right. I'll open the door.

-Oh, God!

-God damn it!

He traded us to the cops,

just like Eddie.

Eddie had to die.

So should Felix.

Never again.

David, we can't do this.

David, stop it, or we're going--

Shut up, or you'll die.

You'll both die.

Everybody will die.

How does it feel, Felix?

F*** you.

It's almost time.

It's not open.

OK, I'll get it.

God damn it! You open it.

David, stop it!

Now, now, now!

-Get the f*** out!

-David, please!

OK, now, get out!

Go! Adios!

See you soon, David.

Yeah. We'll have shrimp.

Get the f*** out!

I'll see you in f***ing hell!

Then we'll have barbecued

jumbo shrimp, you motherf***er!

Get back in the f***ing car,

David!

This is the greatest night

of my life.

Terrible.

Terrible, but...

great.

You know, Felix was right.

He said I should kill a man.

They're going to kill us.

Am I right?

They're not going

to kill anybody.

We're too valuable to them.

We move the product.

That's all they care about,

right, David?

After tonight...

after this...

I can't do this anymore.

No more laundering.

No more anything.

I like her, and I know

you like her, but, uh...

she's got to go.

We got to kill her, John.

If you even think

about hurting her, David...

your ass is mine,

you understand?

I'll kill you.

Then she's your responsibility.

I'll f***ing kill you, David.

Well...

veiled threats aside...

she's on your f***ing head...

and you know which way

I mean that.

I had violated orders.

People had died.

I couldn't go back to Carver.

I didn't know where to go...

but I needed someone.

What do you want?

I wanted to make sure

you were all right.

You don't think I know

what David said about me...

when I left the car?

That's what David wants.

You think I want to hurt you?

You think

I'd let somebody hurt you?

You think

I'd let anybody hurt you?

Understand?

It's all right.

I'm not going to let anything

happen to you.

I just want to be here

when they come.

They won't come for you.

They'll come for me.

My father died

when I was ten years old.

Heart attack.

I held him in my arms.

He told me he loved me,

and he died.

I'm sorry.

It's OK.

Tell me something about you.

This really scares me.

Yeah. Me, too.

Don't hurt her.

No mas.

Delicioso.

Felix Barbosa was

a skinny fourteen-year-old...

Here he was at last--

Anton Gallegos...

a creep in a black cape.

And now I began to wonder.

Barbosa's death

had gotten us here.

Did I let David kill him?

Did I want him to?

Felix owed me $1,800,000.

When you killed him,

you bought his debt.

Now you owe it to me.

You get to keep thirty percent--

same as he did.

You have three days.

-How will we do that?

-David.

I ought to kill you.

Everybody says

I ought to kill you.

The only reason

I let you live...

is if I can get something

from you.

We will start with this.

I'd done it.

I'd gotten to Gallegos...

the number-two man

on Jerry's pyramid.

Where've you been, man?

I met with Gallegos today.

We can take him down tomorrow.

Get in. You're coming in now.

I'm coming in where?

You know what the f***

I'm talking about.

Your assignment is terminated.

You violated a direct order

to stay away from that bust!

As a result,

a police informant is dead!

That's not my fault!

Two officers were injured

and a vice cop was murdered!

I didn't blow my cover.

Don't get smart with me,

you son of a b*tch!

You want to bring Gallegos

to trial.

I got him.

Who gives a sh*t how I did it?

Give me your gun.

What the f***'s wrong with you?

If I have to,

I'll put you in custody!

Now give me your f***ing gun!

You're protecting him, right?

You're protecting Gallegos...

This motherf***er!

What is he, the new Noriega?

He helps you fight communists,

you let him bring in drugs...

to sell it to n*ggers and spics,

and you use me to do that sh*t?

You violated orders!

Don't make a conspiracy of it!

Just give me the gun!

Talk to me, man.

What are you doing?

Tell me what the f***'s

going on?

It's not me!

It's the State Department!

Don't give me that sh*t.

Remember the uncle,

Hector Guzman?

Well, things have changed.

We like him now.

We want him to run for president

down there someday.

Jerry, I sold drugs.

I watched people die,

and I didn't do nothing.

I killed people!

You lied to me!

They lied to me, John!

How naive can you get?

Are you so stupid

you can't see that?

You think I like this?

John, I'm sorry, huh?

It's all bullshit.

You know that. I know that.

What the f***

am I going to do now?

Hey, they're bringing me

to Washington.

Come along. We'll have a budget.

I didn't get into this for that.

Neither did I,

but that's all there is.

The spoils of war.

You might as well enjoy it.

Then I've been wasting my time

with you.

I can get more clout and money

on the street...

than I can get following

your ass to Washington!

This whole f***ing time...

I'm a cop pretending

to be a drug dealer.

I ain't nothing but a drug

dealer pretending to be a cop.

I ain't going

to pretend no more, Jerry.

I quit.

It's not that simple.

You don't think so?

You watch me.

I quit.

It's not that simple, John.

My first drink, Jer.

Sh*t ain't bad.

So the whole game

had been a joke...

a joke on me.

I was a fool.

I'd been turned out

like a two dollar ho.

Used...

abused...

but with no towel...

and no kiss.

Never have, never will.

You know the jungle creed...

say that the strongest feed

on any prey it can...

and I was branded beast

at every feast...

before I ever became a man.

Are you f***ed up?

We've been everywhere you

told us looking for this money.

We only got 1.1 million

of what--

What do we owe Gallegos?

A million eight.

He's lying.

Barbosa barely owed him a mil.

He's going to kill you guys.

Sit them down!

Come show me! Come!

All right.

It's not one eight.

It's a million one.

Now...that's more

than what he owed you.

That's all we're paying.

Big brass balls...

but if I say...

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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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