Amazon Prime VideoKat is an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she’s missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop offers her the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students to infiltrate London’s gangland by impersonating dangerous criminals.
Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and produced by Colin Trevorrow, Tom Kingsley's 'Deep Cover' has a solid comic idea that never explodes into hilarity.Their bungled first sting as a trio is one of the film’s most successful comic setpieces — Mohammed coming in at a critical moment with a perfectly mistimed “yes, and…” is a high point — though it somehow lands them accidental entry into the lair of drug kingpin Fly (Paddy Considine, barely shifting gears from his current role on TV’s “MobLand”)
The action of “Deep Cover,” especially in the final scenes, is a bit dodgy, but you won’t care by then. It’s not an especially deep script in terms of character, but there’s something inspiring about seeing a comedy production in which everyone is on the same page, harmoniously working off each other’s personalities like a choir. Howard, Bloom, Mohammed, & the straight men character actors they play off vibe in continuously unexpected ways.Director. Tom Kingsley.
