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Summary: Great Acting
Review: I saw NARC last week, after reading a few of its excellent reviews, and thought it was terrific. The two main actors are fabulous in it. I love mysteries and this one was great with plenty of realistic and believable twists and turns to keep me on the edge of my seat.
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Summary: NARC puts you on the edge of your seat and spins you around
Review: I saw NARC at Sundance in Jan 2002. From the opening scene I was on my chair's edge with a racing heart - don't stroll in late for this movie! I thought I had it figured out, but I was wrong. It kept me interested and thinking. It's gritty and dark, but does have a few light scenes that introduce ironic levity.
It's a cop story with a brain and complexity. I recommend it!
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Summary: Best cop movie
Review: Narc is the brutal story of two cops both with violent past mistakes and have something to proove.Jason Patric gives the best
performance of his carrer.I'm glad he got this part because he
is terribly underated.His character Nick Tellis is an ex-under
cover narcotics officer you see why he gives that up in the beg-
gining of the movie in a very violent,and horrifying chase scene.
Well he gets a chance to get a desk job but he has to go back on
the street along with the brutal,profane Henry Oak(Ray Liotta)in
also probably his best performance he plays the role to well.I
can't beleive he was looked over at the oscars oh well.Oak and
Tellis are great together as a pair of outsiders so to say trying
to solve the crime of another slain narcotics officer who was
also Oak's partner and a good freind of his.So for Oak this isn't
a case it's a quest to find the killers of his partner and he
doesn't plan on reading them their rights.Tellis begins to suspect Oak and soon finds out secrets Oak doesn't want him to
know and The story slowly unfolds in it's bleak,unforgettable climax.Narc is the best cop movie of all time and it's a good
watch for mystery buffs.Now this movie is hardcore full of brutal
violence,Profanity(constant),drug use,bleakness,and just almost
a loss of hope nothing good really happens to any of the characters as you'll see
Rating: 
Summary: one of the better cop movies in a long time
Review: Narc is one of the better cop movies in a long time.Original scripts, good acting.
Rating:
Summary: amazing depth.....grabs you from the second it starts
Review: this film was COMPLETELY overlooked by any of the major film institutions in terms of the awards that it rightfully deserved. every single performance in the film was on par...even the archetypal junkies and police chief that arent in the film for more than a half an hour a piece. the direction was excellent..as well as the writing, and its no surprise that one man did both. Some may say that this director tried too hard at showing off his many styles of filming a scene (shaky camera's, blue lenses, etc)...but really, each technique was fitting to each situation.
I know that the production of the film was almost the reason for its downfall, due to a lack of steady pay for the cast and crew memebers, but thank whoever it is that you thank in these situations that this film didnt crumble in the end. Luckily alot of different people jumped on board after its unveling at Sundance (Tom Cruise, Ray Liotta actually produced it as well as act the role of a main character)
Let me just say this....don't even think for one second that this is a nice, campy, predictalbe, standard cop film where they wrap it up in the end......this is so much more than that. this movie is struggle, it's regret, the persuit of purity, and so, so much more. if it wasn't for the slapped-on label of a Paramount Picture, this is pure art. If this film did well in the box offices, its was simply because of the power and rawness of the film, and not over-marketing or late-night promos for 2 weeks straight on letterman, leno, and o-brian. OWN THIS AND CRY.....maybe not from joy, either.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Review: I loved this movie. One of the best I've seen. Great performances and plot including the setting. Unbelivable performances by RAY LIOTTA and JASON PATRIC. Great action and a very huge twist at the end. If you like descent thriller/action movies, then watch this one. I think you should see this one as soon as you can. I belive this one is my favorite movie. GO AND WATCH IT. YOU WON'T REGRET IT ! ! ! !
Rating:
Summary: Gritty Ride
Review: This grabbed my attention from the start, taking me on a gritty ride all the way to the end. The strength of the film is both the acting and story. Nothing is glamorized or as it seems. Just when you expect things to work out a certain way, they don't! Well worth the viewing!
Rating:
Summary: One of the most overlooked films made durring the year
Review: This was one of the most overlooked films released durring the year.If it wasn't for Tom Cruise having an interest in it,it probably never would have been released more than it was,or got the publicity it did....and would have just faded away.I've always been a Ray Liota fan,and he is fantastic in this film.Both he&Jason Patric have a great onscreen chemestry.The script was well thought out&written all the way down to the screenplay itself.Narc is an excellent cop/conspiracy dramma.The good cop/bad cop,and Jason Patric's character driven to find out the truth of what really happened.The story grabs you from the begining and spirals darkly to the end.There is no glamorizing of drug use in this film despite the title,if anything it illustraits what it does to someone and to families.I could'nt reccomend this film more.You won't be getting any happy,warm,fuzzy endings here...it is raw throughout and cuts to the bone at the end...this film should have been nominated for an Oscar.
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Summary: Impressed
Review: Let me just say that these movies are usually not my favorite. I was suffering from insomnia and ended up watching this movie on late night cable. I was literally on the edge of my bed the last 20 minutes of this movie. I was impressed and touched with Ray Liotta's performance. And Jason Patric is excellent...as usual. I do wish they had explored the relationship with the abused girl/wife more though. A definite must see.
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Summary: Great film, highly underrated
Review: I am an avid watcher of movies, and "Narc" is one of the best cop films I have ever seen. Unlike most of its big-budget Hollywood counterparts, this film shows what I feel is a gritty and accurate account of what it is like to be a cop. Ray Liotta and Jason Patric play their roles to perfection, and since they are both such great actors they are able to play off each other to make their characters' shaky relationship work well.
Aside from the great, natural dialogue and excellent plotline, one of the things that I thought made this movie better than the standard cop flick is that the two main characters were actually made to LOOK like cops. Ray Liotta gained 25 pounds and wore a fat suit to give his character a more realistic, aged look, and Jason Patric looked sufficiently scuzzy, as he was portraying an undercover narcotics detective who was required to look like a criminal. What most Hollywood filmmakers don't seem to realize is that real cops don't look like Colin Farrell or Josh Hartnett, they look like real people who don't have the benefit of make-up artists and hair stylists, nor do they necessarily look like Playgirl centerfolds.
I would highly recommend this movie to anyone looking for a change from mindless big-budget explosion-fests like "SWAT" or "Bad Boys."
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