Stevens and Jason learn that Gallegos is going to kill them anyway, so they kill him first and steal a van storing over $100 million in cash. Disillusioned, Stevens abandons his undercover status and vows to take down Gallegos and Guzmán alone. Angrily, Stevens disarms Carver and forces him to admit that the State Department has decided to leave Gallegos alone because Guzmán may someday be useful as a political asset to them Carver has decided to play along in exchange for career advancement. Instead, Carver pulls a gun on Stevens and orders him to surrender his weapon and get in his car. Later that day, Stevens meets with Carver to tell him about his meeting with Gallegos. Gallegos comes to meet with Stevens and Jason, informing them that they have inherited Felix's debts to him. The killing results in Betty reneging on the drug business, with Stevens' protection. ![]() Carver knows about this but refuses to interfere, forcing Stevens to violate orders and stop the murder himself by exposing Felix, which results in a vengeful Jason killing him. Felix immediately gives up Stevens, Jason and Betty to Hernández, and wants Jason killed during the arrest. After a falling out, Jason becomes more sadistic and Stevens correctly deduces that Barbossa wants Jason killed to eliminate his competition. It is revealed that Barbossa is a confidential informant working with Hernández. Jason then partners with Stevens in his new business: distribution of a synthetic chemical variant of cocaine. Stevens follows the rival dealer to a nightclub, corners him in a bathroom and kills him. When one of Stevens' dealers is murdered by a rival dealer, he is informed by Jason that if he doesn't retaliate, other street dealers will view it as a sign of weakness and in turn murder him. Stevens develops a romance with Betty McCutcheon, the manager of an art dealership which is a front to launder Jason's drug money. Felix kills Eddie when he finds out he's working with the LAPD and enlists Stevens as his replacement. His self-appointed attorney David Jason, who is also a drug trafficker in Gallegos' network, rewards Stevens' silence with more cocaine and introduces him to Felix Barbossa, the underboss to Gallegos. At his arraignment, Stevens discovers that he bought baby laxative instead of cocaine and his case is dismissed. ![]() One day, Stevens is arrested by the devoutly religious LAPD Narcotics Detective Taft and his corrupt partner, Hernández, as he buys a kilogram in a set-up by Eddie Dudley, Gallegos' low-level street supplier. Stevens relocates to a cheap hotel and begins dealing cocaine. Stevens poses as drug dealer "John Hull" in order to infiltrate and work his way up the network of the West Coast's largest drug importer, Anton Gallegos, and his uncle Hector Guzmán, a South American politician. He is recruited by DEA Special Agent Gerald Carver to go undercover in Los Angeles, claiming that his criminal-like character traits will serve him better in this capacity than they would as a uniformed cop. Nineteen years later, Stevens is a Cincinnati police officer. Traumatized by his father's death, Stevens swears that he will never end up like him. witnesses his drug-addicted, alcoholic father getting shot and killed while robbing a liquor store. ![]() Dre and released as his debut solo single, which also features then-newcomer Snoop Doggy Dogg making his studio debut. It is also notable for its theme song of the same title, composed by Dr. ![]() The film received positive reviews, being likened by some critics to a modern film noir. Its plot focuses on a Cincinnati-based police officer who goes undercover in a Los Angeles sting operation to bring down a West Coast drug cartel.ĭeep Cover was released in the United States on April 15, 1992, by New Line Cinema. The film stars Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, and Charles Martin Smith. Deep Cover is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Bill Duke from a screenplay by Henry Bean and Michael Tolkin.
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