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Deep Cover
1992
· Movie
· 108 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Every rating
60–87
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.
Details
- Director
- Bill Duke
- Writers
- Henry Bean, Michael Tolkin
- Studio
- Image Organization, New Line Cinema
- Released
- 15 April 1992
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $16.6M
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