History Film / DeepCover

* KickTheSonOfABitch: While Barbossa's murder of Eddie was needlessly cruel, Eddie did have it coming. One, for being an incompetent jerkoff drug dealer who tried to sell out Russell to the cops (thereby demonstrating he can't be trusted not to cooperate with the police if his ass is on the line), and two, he also ''[[TooDumbToLive sticks a fork in Barbossa's chest]]'' right beforehand when he clearly hadn't made up his mind yet whether to just cut Eddie loose or "dispose" of him.

* CassandraGambit: Russell has to TakeAThirdOption when asked by a gang of thugs if he's an undercover cop. If he lies, then any future arrest would be worthless because it'd be considered "entrapment". And of course, if he tells the truth, they'll kill him. So he just tells them the truth in a way that makes it seem ridiculous. (Note: This is actually a case of ArtisticLicenseLaw. Real cops don't have to tell their marks that they're undercover. The entrapment clause doesn't work that way. Because if it did, there'd be a lot fewer arrests and a lot more dead cops.)

* MustStateIfYoureACop: There's a scene where the undercover cop protagonist is asked point blank if he's a cop. To cover himself and his investigation he admits that he is, but answers the question in an incredibly sarcastic way to [[CassandraGambit make it seem like he's bullshitting]].

Russell Stevens Jr. (Fishburne) is a cop recruited by the DEA to go deep undercover in the Los Angeles drug trade and enable the prosecution of key members of the cartel. He eventually makes a name for himself and becomes a major distributor, but problems arise when he allies himself with David Jason (Goldblum), a crooked lawyer with ambitions beyond his station.

Russell Stevens Jr. (Fishburne) is a cop recruited by the DEA to go deep undercover in the Los Angeles drug trade and help the prosecution of key members of the cartel. He eventually makes a name for himself and becomes a major distributor, but problems arise when he allies himself with David Jason (Goldblum), a crooked lawyer with ambitions beyond his station.

-->'''Carver:''' Have you ever seen a crack baby? Newborn crack baby... six hours old... screaming its heart out... because it's going through withdrawal? Over the course of the next year it doesn't Iearn to crawl, or walk, or talk on time... because it's got deformities. Physical deformities, mental deformities. It's got brain damage, lowered IQ, dyslexia--God only knows what else. Maybe it goes to school, but it can't learn. And it's violent, so it gets in trouble with the law. It's unable to form any close emotional ties, so it's faced with the prospect of going through this hideous, miserable life... completely alone. There are millions of these babies, John. There's a whole generation of your people who are being destroyed before they are even born, because these guys are bringing that shit into this country. Now do you remember what you're doing here?
* NWordPrivileges: Played with. Lt. Carver interviews three different black police officers to see if they can be recruited for his undercover program by bluntly asking each of them "What's the difference between a black man and a nigger?". The first one tries to awkwardly answer the question thus showing that he's too docile, the second one flies into a rage which shows that he's too easily provoked, but the third calmly tells him "only a nigger would answer that question" to show him as more cunning and diplomatic than the previous two. At the end of the film, he does [[IronicEcho repeat the question]] and punches Carver in the stomach.