Narc
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Chi McBride, Dan Leis, Jason Patric, Lloyd Adams, Ray Liotta Director: Joe Carnahan Brand: Paramount Writer: Joe Carnahan Producer: Adam M. Stone Producer: Andy Emilio Producer: Brian R. Keathley Producer: Michael Z. Gordon Producer: David Glasser Producer: Diane Nabatoff DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 105 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-06-17 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Paramount |
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Movie Reviews of Narc
Movie Review: Tries, but ultimately fails.
Summary: 2 Stars
Narc (Joe Carnahan, 2002)Joe Carnahan does not make easy to understand movies, as anyone who saw his debut film (Blood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane) can attest. His second effort is Narc, released to critical acclaim and moviegoer confusion. It's pretty easy to see why.
The first twenty minutes of Narc are about as confusing as anything released in the past half-century. Eventually, with much thought, you will crib together the following: Nick Tellis (Jason Patric, from The Lost Boys) was an undercover narcotics officer until a nasty incident involving a pregnant woman and a stray bullet. He has been suspended for a period of time (seven months is mentioned, but that makes other things not add up too well). He is asked to go back out into the field by his captain, Cheevers (Chi McBride of The Frighteners and Boston Public). He is either going back into the field to investigate the death of another undercover officer, Michael Calvess (Alan van Sprang of Earth: Final Conflict) or to investigate Calvess' erstwhile partner, Oak (Ray Liotta). Eventually, you get to the idea that Tellis is going to act as a double-agent, both working on the Calvess case and Oak at the same time.
The movie improves somewhat after the far too rushed setup, focusing on Tellis and his relationship with his wife (Krista Bridges) and infant son. Things disintegrate pretty quickly, though; once we stop focusing on the characters and get back to the plot, we feel like we're in an episode of CHiPs; amazingly, the correct clues just fall into the detectives' laps after they've spent the whole middle third of the film fruitlessly ssearching). Oak and Tellis clash for no real reason on a few occasions, the two both get bogged down in stereotype, and ultimately the story ends up being predictable, even if you couldn't follow the first twenty minutes.
What saves the film from complete disaster is some good performances. Patric and Liotta may be stereotypes, but they're well-played stereotypes. Busta Rhymes, as always, is fantastic as a trash-talking drug dealer, and McBride is also doing what he does best, as usual. But ultimately Narc comes off as Blood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane without the humor. **