Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs

Trust him... he's a cop.

R 1990 · 115 min · ★ 6.4 · Crime, Drama

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.

Directed by Mike Figgis · Written by Henry Bean

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