IMDb plot summary: An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.
Directed by Mike Figgis. Starring Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, and Nancy Travis.
Internal Affairs stars Andy Garcia as a police officer in the Internal Affairs division who finds himself investigating Richard Gere, a police officer with an upstanding record with a hidden history of corruption. After months of watching Sidney Lumet's filmography, I forgot at times that this wasn't a Lumet film -- it was so like him in its themes and style (and even stars actors he worked with in the 80s and 90s), though without any of the spark that made him such a great director. However it does a good job of setting up the necessary stakes and building tension, and seeing Gere as a villain is a lot of fun. His smugness really works well to make us hate him here. As always I find Garcia an uninteresting actor but his character does his job here. This isn't a spectacular film, but it is pretty competent within a well-worn genre, and fans of that genre will probably enjoy this well enough.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Internal Affairs < Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Internal Affairs > Fast Food Nation
Internal Affairs > The Christmas Toy
Internal Affairs > The English Patient
Internal Affairs > Jack Strong
Internal Affairs < Fatherhood
Internal Affairs < Raffles
Internal Affairs < 12 Monkeys
Internal Affairs > The Morning After
Internal Affairs < JFK
Internal Affairs > Once Upon a Time ...in Hollywood
Final spot: #1929 out of 3650, or 47%.
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