Larry Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum
In this film by director Bill (A Rage in Harlem) Duke, Fishburne (Boyz 'N the Hood) plays a Cleveland cop hired by a Drug Enforcement Administration official to infiltrate the L.A. underworld and bring down a drug cartel. That's a Ramboesque order for a lone cop, especially when he's teamed with feckless attorney-dealer Goldblum. This is, however, not so much a black Rambo as a study of a world where politics and money blur the lines between the law and the lawless. Goldblum, at his best joking with Fishburne, is hard to buy as a heavy. Fishburne is sympathetic as a good cop who must do wrong or die. (R)
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