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Jittery camera moves and a gray-blue palette make it clear that Narc is a gritty police drama in the tradition of The French Connection and Serpico. Jason Patric (Rush, Your Friends & Neighbors) plays Nick Tellis, a former undercover cop with an accidental death on his conscience, which may be why he's agreed to partner with Henry Oak (Ray Liotta), a lieutenant determined to track down the killers of his former partner. This could all be rote, but the grit sticks: writer-director Joe Carnahan takes a huge leap forward from his Tarentino-wannabe first film, Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane. The entire cast is
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Jittery camera moves and a gray-blue palette make it clear that Narc is a gritty police drama in the tradition of The French Connection and Serpico. Jason Patric (Rush, Your Friends & Neighbors) plays Nick Tellis, a former undercover cop with an accidental death on his conscience, which may be why he's agreed to partner with Henry Oak (Ray Liotta), a lieutenant determined to track down the killers of his former partner. This could all be rote, but the grit sticks: writer-director Joe Carnahan takes a huge leap forward from his Tarentino-wannabe first film, Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane. The entire cast is excellent; Patric and Liotta give rich, textured performances that make their respective obsessions vivid and sad. Narc could use more of the dark humor that occasionally bursts out, but the movie's drive and energy make it more than a bleak tale of good intentions gone bad. --Bret Fetzer
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Release date: 17 June 2003
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780792189787 UPC: 097360568042
Tags: Alan C. Peterson (1), Darren John (1), Mauricio Rodas (1), Omar Samuels (1), Lilette Wiens (1), Garry Robbins (1), Thomas Patrice (1), Krista Bridges (1), Myles Donaldson (1), Gavyn Donaldson (1), Alan Van Sprang (1), Booth Savage (1), Karen Robinson (1), Drama (1), Lina Giornofelice (1), Meagan Issa (1), Lloyd Adams (1), Jason Patric (1), Chi McBride (1), Paramount (1)
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