Narc (2002)
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83% of critics liked it
(155 reviews) -
75% of users liked it
(26,806 ratings)
Suspended from the police force following an undercover drug bust gone horribly awry, Detroit undercover narcotics officer Nick Tellis (Jason Patric) is reluctantly goaded back into active duty in hopes that he can help to crack the case of a slain fellow officer. Promised reinstatement in the force… More Suspended from the police force following an undercover drug bust gone horribly awry, Detroit undercover narcotics officer Nick Tellis (Jason Patric) is reluctantly goaded back into active duty in hopes that he can help to crack the case of a slain fellow officer. Promised reinstatement in the force in exchange for his efforts, Tellis is paired with the victim's volatile ex-partner Henry Oak (Ray Liotta) and soon begins to actively seek the killer in an increasingly complex case. A recent father whose wife fears for her husband's safety and begs him not to take back to the dangerous streets, Tellis struggles with his conscience as he navigates a twisting road of half-realized truths, shifting loyalties and questionable agendas. With every step closer to Tellis gets to solving the troubling murder, he grows farther away from his wife and newborn son, and edges ever closer to a resolution so complicated that it threatens to devour his soul and shatter every preconceived difference he has ever made between cop and criminal. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joe Carnahan
- Written By
- Joe Carnahan
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Dec 20, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
As a director Carnahan definitely has the goods... Unfortunately the script is your basic renegade-cop narrative, with the usual hoo-ha about justice versus the law.
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, Time Out
If Carnahan keeps wrenching this material back an inch or two from cliché, it's only an inch or two.
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Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter
A chokehold of a movie, grabbing us but not ultimately engaging us.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
A well-sustained allegory-cum-cop drama.
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Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
It's a stunner that sadly grows tiresome at the end.
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Cast
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Ray Liotta
as Lt. Henry Oak
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Jason Patric
as Nick Tellis
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Chi McBride
as Capt. Cheevers
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Busta Rhymes
as Beery
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Anne Openshaw
as Katherine Calvess
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Richard Chevolleau
as Steeds
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John Ortiz
as Ruiz
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Alan C. Peterson
as Freeman Franks


