Deep Cover

Deep Cover is a 1992 American neonoir crime thriller film starring Laurence Fishburne this being the last film in which Fishburne was credited as Larry and Jeff Goldblum and directed by veteran actor Bill Duke. It is also notable for its theme song of the same name, composed by Dr. Dre and the thennewcomer Snoop Doggy Dogg.

Twenty years later, in Cincinnati, 1991, Stevens Larry Fishburne is now a police officer for the Cincinnati Police. Officer Stevens is recruited by DEA Special Agent Gerald Carver Charles Martin Smith to go undercover on a major sting operation in Los Angeles, claiming that his criminallike character traits will be more of a benefit undercover than they would serve him as a uniformed policeman. Stevens poses as drug dealer John Hull in order to infiltrate and work his way up the network of the west coasts largest drug importer, Anton Gallegos Arthur Mendoza and his uncle Hector Gzman Ren Assa, a South American politician. Stevens relocates to a cheap hotel in LA and begins dealing cocaine. His room is opposite that of crack cocaine addict Belinda Chacn Kamala LopezDawson, a struggling single mother who tries to sell her son James to Stevens, among other things, for money to buy drugs.Stevens is arrested by the devoutly religious L.A.P.D. Narcotics Detective Taft Clarence Williams III and his corrupt partner Hernndez Julio Oscar Mechoso when he buys a kilogram in a setup by Gallegos lowlevel street supplier Eddie Dudley Roger Guenveur Smith. At his arraignment, Stevens discovers that he was sold baby laxative mannitol instead of cocaine and his case is dismissed. Stevens selfappointed attorney David Jason Jeff Goldblum, who is also a drug trafficker in Gallegos network, rewards Stevens silence with more cocaine and introduces Stevens to Felix Barbossa Gregory Sierra, the underboss to Gallegos. Felix realized that Eddie was working with the LAPD, which results in Felix killing him and enlisting Stevens as Eddies replacement. Felix also delights in humiliating Jason in front of Stevens. ........

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