Deep Cover Review – 'Commits to the Bit'

Deep Cover Review – 'Commits to the bit'

There’s an ingenious thought at the centre of Deep Cover: if undercover work is, effectively, Method acting, what would happen if you put an improv group — whose very instinct is to 'yes, and' a situation — into minor sting operations? Tom Kingsley's comedy feature not only commits conceptually to that idea — it does so structurally, too, barrelling forward as it throws our heroes into situations of increasing danger and absurdity. That initial …

Deep Cover (SXSW London) review - a fun, devlishly dark, fast-paced comedic joy ride

Deep Cover premiered at SXSW London and is streaming on Prime Video on June 12. If I were to tell you there was a brand new movie centred around London’s criminal underworld starring Orlando Bloom (Troy), Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World: Dominion), Sean Bean (This City is Ours), Paddy Considine (MobLand) and Ian McShane (Deadwood), written by Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World: Dominion) and Derek Connolly (Kong: Skull Island), you would likely…