{"id":6309,"date":"2013-10-21T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T22:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2021-09-21T11:08:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:08:18","slug":"review-internalaffairs-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/10\/review-internalaffairs-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal Affairs Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Internal Affairs<\/i><\/b> is a bit of a forgotten crime-drama overshadowed a few years later by Heat<\/i> and even only 3 years earlier with The Untouchables<\/i>. Even so, Richard Gere turns in an incredible performance and playing opposite, Andy Garcia is also top notch. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a perfect movie and I think it had potential to be better, but director Mike Figgis has a good eye and at least makes an above average genre film.<\/p>\n

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\nInternal Affairs (1990)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/b>Suspense\/Thriller, Crime, Drama
\nWarner Bros. | R \u2013 115 min. \u2013 $19.98 | October 8, 2013
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Mike Figgis
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Henry Bean (written by)
\nCast: <\/b>Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, William Baldwin<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>January 12, 1990<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>None
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>20.9 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A, B, C<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Plot Outline: <\/b>Dennis Peck (RICHARD GERE) is a rogue cop who knows his way around the law. For the right price, he\u2019ll launder money, fix a bad rap and even commit murder. Now, Raymond Avila (ANDY GARCIA), an internal affairs investigator, is determined to bring him to justice, but Peck isn\u2019t going down without a fight. The slick, cold-blooded manipulator intends to take Avila\u2019s career, his wife (NANCY TRAVIS), even his sanity down with him.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No features were included.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Warner Brothers, via Paramount, distributes Internal Affairs<\/i><\/b> on Blu-ray shown in a 1080p high-definition and presented with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio. The transfer isn\u2019t anything amazing showing off some splotchy elements thanks to the contrast of darker scenes with the fluorescents popular back in the late 80s and early 90s. Still, detail levels aren\u2019t bad and because of those colors, they come across nice and bright. I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s the best transfer I\u2019ve seen from the era, but it\u2019s not terrible either.
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AUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In similar fashion, the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track offers some good lossless audio with clear dialogue levels making use of the center channel while ambient noises as well as Figgis\u2019 score are effectively relegated to the other channels. It might not be anything brilliant, but it\u2019s better than expected all things considered.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Internal Affairs<\/i><\/b> is a bit of a forgotten crime-drama overshadowed a few years later by Heat<\/i> and even only 3 years earlier with The Untouchables<\/i>. Even so, Richard Gere turns in an incredible performance and playing opposite, Andy Garcia is also top notch. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a perfect movie and I think it had potential to be better, but director Mike Figgis has a good eye and at least makes an above average genre film. The Blu-ray released by Warner Brothers is hardly anything special and is another quick buck release, albeit overpriced considering there are no bonus features and the video\/audio are adequate but nothing outstanding.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/b>10\/21\/2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Internal Affairs is a bit of a forgotten crime-drama overshadowed a few years later by Heat and even only 3 years earlier with The Untouchables. Even so, Richard Gere turns in an incredible performance and playing opposite, Andy Garcia is also top notch. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a perfect movie and I think it had … Continue reading “Internal Affairs Blu-ray Review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[2082,2400,2402,2401,339,1990],"class_list":["post-6309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-andy-garcia","tag-internal-affairs","tag-laurie-metcalf","tag-nancy-travis","tag-richard-gere","tag-william-baldwin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27163,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/revisions\/27163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}