I saw it at one of those screenings in London where no one knows what the movie is going to be until it starts up. When the words "Deep Cover" came up on the screen the packed cinema let out a notable "wha ?"...seemed, like me, no one else had ever heard of this.
Usually at such showings you expect to see a movie that is something of a classic one way or another, so you could sense the genuine disappointment in the crowd.
As a few folk began to get their coats and make to leave, the start up credits rolled, and the words "Larry Fishburne" appeared and the audience let out another "Wha... ?", And then Jeff Goldblum... And the audience settled down again.... Here was a movie with 2 great actors, this might be good.
Well it started off ok, with Larry getting his story setup, and had some interesting scenes. The early "interview" with the question about the N word certainly caused some odd reactions in my audience, with a kind of embarrassed laugh from.some corners... What the heck were we watching. Was this a comedy ?... Well as it proceeded it seems maybe not as it just started to follow similar undercover cop stories. For a while.
And then Jeff Goldblum appeared. Wow what an incredible performance, so funny. So so funny.
I don't think I have ever seen anything like what he does in this movie which was probably meant to be a kind of 'Scarface' for the 90s, but he just saunters away doing this own thing for much of it. It's completely out of step with the rest of the movie...
But it really does work
I think my audience laughed almost as much as watching say Blazing Saddles (well, nah... Buy close).
Deffo worth a watch. If you get a chance to see it in a busy cinema screen, do it.
Usually at such showings you expect to see a movie that is something of a classic one way or another, so you could sense the genuine disappointment in the crowd.
As a few folk began to get their coats and make to leave, the start up credits rolled, and the words "Larry Fishburne" appeared and the audience let out another "Wha... ?", And then Jeff Goldblum... And the audience settled down again.... Here was a movie with 2 great actors, this might be good.
Well it started off ok, with Larry getting his story setup, and had some interesting scenes. The early "interview" with the question about the N word certainly caused some odd reactions in my audience, with a kind of embarrassed laugh from.some corners... What the heck were we watching. Was this a comedy ?... Well as it proceeded it seems maybe not as it just started to follow similar undercover cop stories. For a while.
And then Jeff Goldblum appeared. Wow what an incredible performance, so funny. So so funny.
I don't think I have ever seen anything like what he does in this movie which was probably meant to be a kind of 'Scarface' for the 90s, but he just saunters away doing this own thing for much of it. It's completely out of step with the rest of the movie...
But it really does work
I think my audience laughed almost as much as watching say Blazing Saddles (well, nah... Buy close).
Deffo worth a watch. If you get a chance to see it in a busy cinema screen, do it.