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The marvelous Patric plays Detective Sgt. Nick Tellis, whose career was wrecked a year earlier by a drug bust gone terribly wrong. He gets a second chance by being offered a partnership with Detective Lt. Henry Oak [Liotta], whose former partner has been killed. The pair's mission is to find out who killed the cop and why. Their investigation leads them down a twisted path of lies and deceptions. While many viewers may think they've guessed the truth midway through the film, there is a clever final twist that is both surprising and logical.

"Narc" shows us an older and much heavier Liotta, who seems to be turning into a much more interesting character actor than he ever was in his younger days as a 'star'. Patric continues to impress as one of the great actors of his generation, one who in recent years seems much more attracted to the roles then to fame. To the stars', as well as the script's, credit, the movie goes to great lengths to show the two men as disillusioned human beings who would like to care about love and life if only they remembered how. It is as much a character study as it is an action piece.

Muddled, Convoluted and Boring...
Narc could have been so much more of a movie. But, in the end it's a film that could never find it's true identity. The plot centers around the murder of a Detroit undercover narcotics officer during a drug buy gone bad. Ray Liotta plays Lt. Oak, a surly, grizzled veteran who was the deceased's partner. Oak is almost an identical version of Russell Crowe in LA Confidential. He loves to scrap with perps and is most concerned with "justice" being served. Jason Patric plays Nick Tellis who was a narc until he accidentally shot a preganant woman during a drug bust. This is Tellis' last shot at returning to the force with honor. So, Liotta and Patrick hook-up to solve the murder of Lt. Oak's partner. The results are less than thrilling, in fact this film moves so slow that it felt like I was growing moss underneath me. Patrick gives a decent performance but he's done this bit before and done it better (See Rush). Liotta is adequate as Oak but he just doesn't come off as believable in this role. The end is a bit of a surprise and very unsettling but it's not enough to make up for an hour and change of substandard writing. Not Recommended.

one of the better cop movies in a long time
Narc is one of the better cop movies in a long time.

Original scripts, good acting.