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Deep Cover Debuts on Prime Video as Improv-Driven Undercover Caper

Critics are lauding its sharp script alongside Orlando Bloom’s standout comedic performance

Overview

  • Deep Cover began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on June 12, 2025, introducing viewers to a novel action-comedy premise.
  • The story centers on three improv performers recruited by London police for undercover work in a cocaine-smuggling ring.
  • Tom Kingsley directs from a screenplay co-written by Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow, Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen.
  • The film draws on a real NYPD sting operation that used actors for low-level undercover tasks, reimagined in a British comedy setting.
  • Reviewers praise the movie’s witty balance of action and humor and single out Orlando Bloom’s over-the-top method-actor role for its comedic impact.