Narc
Actors: Chi McBride, Jason Patric, Alan C. Peterson, Booth Savage, Karen Robinson, Krista Bridges
Release Date: Monday 30th November -0001
Running time: 107 minutes minutes
A gritty, tough urban cop thriller which wears its influences on its sleeve, Narc stars Jason Patric as Nick Tellis, an undercover narcotics officer (hence the title folks). In the opening scenes, a thrilling chase ends in disaster as Tellis winds up accidentally shooting a pregnant woman, who subsequently loses her baby. Eighteen months later and the suspended cop is a father himself, called upon to help investigate the slaying of another narcotics officer. Reluctantly, Tellis accepts an offer made to him on one condition; a morally redundant and vengeful cop called Henry Oak (Liotta in his best form since GoodFellas) assists him on the case.
Sturdy rather than spectacular, Narc is a decent police procedural thriller that tries to pass itself as a study into the complexities of the competitive, embittered male psyche. And though the standard of writing doesn't quite match its ambitions, Narc is an atmospheric excursion and - despite the ultimate reliance on stereotype - one that warrants your attentions.
