Review of Internal Affairs (1990) by Allan C — 10 Jun 2016

I remember when I first watched this film on VHS back in the day, I really liked this film and was quite surprised with how good Richard Gere was in the film. I'd never really like Gere and considered him kind of a smarmy pretty boy actor.

But in this thriller, written by Henry Bean (who's wrote some other solid films like "The Beliver" and the underrated "Deep Cover") and directed by Mike Figgis, Gere has arguable his best role playing a dirty cop who terrorizes internal affairs investigator Andy Garcia.

Gere is charmingly villainous in the role, but at the same time is viciously brutal. It was a side of Gere I hadn't seen an an of his prior films and I don't think it's a dark side of himself he's really tapped into since.

I'd also forgotten how sexually charged the story was, with Gere (SPOILER ALERT) seducing Garcia's wife and others around him. For fans of thrillers, this one is a an awful lot of fun, especially in seeing Gere play outside of his usual type of roles.