Narc (R)

Quicklook Rating★★★★

synopsis

Nick Tellis is a recovering drug addict. But staying clean is not so easy for this Detroit narcotics officer when the police department reinstates him in order to investigate an elusive 'narc' squad homicide. After a rookie cop is mysteriously killed in the line of duty, the police department teams Tellis up with the dead cop's partner--the volatile Lieutenant Henry Oak--to solve the murder. Soon the two of them find themselves crawling through the mean streets of Detroit. Their probative investigation leads them through filthy drug dens, crack houses, and alleyways to track the killer, but these all too familiar surroundings plague Tellis like a nightmare. As Tellis gets closer to revealing the truth behind the murder, he finds himself in jeopardy of losing his family, his dignity, and his life.

details

Drama
1 hr. 45 min.
Opened January 2nd, 2002

director

Joe Carnahan

writer

Joe Carnahan

MovieGoer Review

Story

Nick Tellis (Jason Patric), an undercover officer suspended after a botched drug bust left a pregnant woman dead, is lured back to duty on the Detroit Police Force to help vet officer Henry Oak (Ray Liotta) after his rookie... MORE

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synopsis

Nick Tellis is a recovering drug addict. But staying clean is not so easy for this Detroit narcotics officer when the police department reinstates him in order to investigate an elusive 'narc' squad homicide. After a rookie cop is mysteriously killed in the line of duty, the police department teams Tellis up with the dead cop's partner--the volatile Lieutenant Henry Oak--to solve the murder. Soon the two of them find themselves crawling through the mean streets of Detroit. Their probative investigation leads them through filthy drug dens, crack houses, and alleyways to track the killer, but these all too familiar surroundings plague Tellis like a nightmare. As Tellis gets closer to revealing the truth behind the murder, he finds himself in jeopardy of losing his family, his dignity, and his life.

details

Drama
1 hr. 45 min.
Opened January 2nd, 2002

director

Joe Carnahan

writer

Joe Carnahan

MovieGoer Review

Story

Nick Tellis (Jason Patric), an undercover officer suspended after a botched drug bust left a pregnant woman dead, is lured back to duty on the Detroit Police Force to help vet officer Henry Oak (Ray Liotta) after his rookie... MORE