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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 1992 DVD Release: 09/14/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: New Line Home Video Total Copies: 11 Genres: Crime, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Thriller

Laurence Fishburne plays no-nonsense LAPD narc Russell Stevens, Jr., who has worked all his life to expunge the memory of his dope-addict father, whom he saw die in a liquor-store robbery. DEA agent Jerry Carver (Charles Martin Smith) orders Stevens to work as an undercover operative on a major case. The cop is to pose as a dealer in order to get the goods on South American drug lord. Stevens is so convincing as a dealer, that he fast works his way up through the ranks and gains the trust of lawyer and narcotics dealer David Jason (Jeff Goldblum) and his sinister associates, all lackeys to the kingpin who is the target of Stevens' assignment. Through a series of fantastic but credible circumstances, Stevens eliminates the lower echelon, getting closer to his quarry, but in the process he finds himself so deep into the sinister and seductive world of the drug trade that he may never get out. In a surprise move, and just when he is about to bring the ringleader down, the DEA pulls the plug on his assignment, because the top dealer, an influential Latin American politician, may someday be useful to the State Department. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Laurence Fishburne - Russell Stevens, Jr./John Hull
Jeff Goldblum - David Jason
Victoria Dillard - Betty McCutcheon
Charles Martin Smith - Jerry Carver
Gregory Sierra - Felix Barbosa

Laurence Fishburne straddles the fine line between cop and criminal as a determined undercover cop, rising through the ranks of the underworld in order to topple a powerful drug syndicate in this suspenseful thriller from New Line Home Video. Offering viewing options of both the original 1.85:1 theatrical widescreen presentation (enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs) and the standard 1.33:1 full-screen pan-and-scan version, this release also offers both closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Surround audio tracks with optional English subtitles. Extra features are limited to a theatrical trailer and cast and crew filmographies and biographies. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide