Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs is a 1990 American crime thriller film directed by Mike Figgis, written by Henry Bean, and starring Richard Gere and Andy García. Set in Los Angeles, the film follows the police department's Internal Affairs Division as they investigate Dennis Peck, an officer who may be using his colleagues as pawns for his own nefarious purposes. Internal Affairs agent Raymond Avilla becomes obsessed with catching him. Plot During a drug bust, LAPD officers Dennis Peck and Van Stretch assault a dealer and his girlfriend. Outside, fellow patrolman Dorian Fletcher shoots a man running towards him, only to discover that he was unarmed. Peck plants a knife on the body to get the distraught Fletcher off the hook. Raymond Avilla joins the LAPD's Internal Affairs Division (IAD) and is partnered with Amy Wallace to investigate the drug bust. They learn that Stretch abuses drugs, has a history of using excessive force, and may be corrupt. Stretch is also revealed to be abusive to his wife Penny, whom he suspects of infidelity, and has a subservient friendship with Peck. Avilla begins to look into Peck, who is held up as an LAPD role model but whose lifestyle (including wife Heather and spousal support for three ex-wives and eight children) is hard to explain with only a patrolman's salary. After an altercation with Peck, Fletcher agrees to help Avilla's investigation.