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Jittery camera moves and a grey-blue palette make it clear that Narc is a gritty police drama in the tradition of The French Connection and Serpico. Jason Patric 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 per
Jittery camera moves and a grey-blue palette make it clear that Narc is a gritty police drama in the tradition of The French Connection and Serpico. Jason Patric 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 humour 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 Home Entertainment
Release date: 1 September 2003
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5014437830937
Tags: Police (2), Drama (2), Meagan Issa (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), Alan C. Peterson (1), Lina Giornofelice (1), Lloyd Adams (1), Jason Patric (1), Chi McBride (1)
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