Easily the greatest example in modern film about an undercover cop going too far and getting too mixed up with the organisation they are trying to expose, Brasco is a modern classic. Arguably containing Johnny Depp's best role (outside of him wearing any make-up), it is a gangster movie which contains an element that most miss out; tension. Pacino playing the sad, almost pathetic man on the way out is something that is a real surprise for the audience who have been used to him mainly shouting a lot in his twilight years. Iconic moment: The aforementioned tension is ramped up to 11 with the Japanese restaurant scene. A scene in which Brasco (Johnny Depp) is wearing a wire in his shoes. As is the culture in some Japanese restaurants, all customers are asked to remove their shoes before dining, something that would obviously lead to Brasco's cover being blown. The quick thinking Brasco comes up with a supposedly cock and bull story about how his Dad died during WWII in Okinawa, which leads to the waiter being marched towards the bathroom where he is beaten within an inch of his life. As Brasco's guilt gets the better of him, he attempts to help the waiter up claiming he has had enough, only for the waiter to understandably throw a punch in his direction. Brasco retaliates by joining in with the beating and it's at that point the audience knows at that point he is in too deep with the mob.
