Then, Deep Cover was a straight up formulaic "undercover" movie. It had every stereotype in a movie EVER; the corrupt commissioner, all the gangland types (including the gay dude), the drug dealing evil lawyer, the cop who goes
TOO UNDERCOVERR, and doesn't know who he is anymore. And it was 2 hours long! I dunno man. Goldblum was just terrible. That whole scene where he calls Fishburne his "beast" and that black girl a "jungle queen" made me feel uncomfortable, and not in a good way... didn't like any of the characters, so I didn't care what happened.
On the other hand, consider the 78 minute, lean, clean, fast-paced City of Industry. I didn't find it formulaiac, certainly not for 1997.. For one, it's a bank heist film that turns into a revenge flick. Actually, it did sorta feel like a Porter film... you know, Vanishing Point.. Payback... heh, Made in USA!... But, eh, I dug that. It was gritty as hell. Great atmosphere. The music.. man. I dunno. A 7/10 is a very appropriate score for it imo. It just means it's "Good". Keitel
makes the movie.
I also watched White Sands around the same time, that'd probably be a 4/10 too. Anyone seen that? Starts out like the best movie ever, after about 15 minutes becomes the biggest shitfest ever, double crosses and triple crosses and quadruple crosses. Really stupid.
Anyway...
prince of the city - 9/10
Brilliant. Now this is a great film. 2 1/2 hours and never drags. Realistic as hell. Wow!
Funny Ha Ha - 6/10
This is supposedly the future of indie movies... people sitting around and talking about nothing. It was... alright. Pretty boring.