Narc
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Narc |
| Original title | Narc |
| Country of production | USA , Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joe Carnahan |
| script | Joe Carnahan |
| production |
Tom Cruise , Michelle Grace , Ray Liotta , Diane Nabatoff , Julius R. Nasso |
| music | Cliff Martinez |
| camera | Alex Nepomniaschy |
| cut | John Gilroy |
| occupation | |
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Narc is an American - Canadian thriller from 2002 . It was directed by Joe Carnahan , who also wrote the script .
action
The investigator Nick Tellis works concealed for the Detroit Police (Detroit Police Department) as a " narc " (Undercover). While pursuing a fugitive criminal, there is a shootout during an operation. During this, Tellis accidentally injures a pregnant woman who loses her unborn child as a result of her injury. For this offense, the traumatized Tellis is suspended from duty.
Eighteen months later, Michael Calvess, who works for the same agency, is killed. Tellis is put in charge of the investigation because the police think his contacts among the drug dealers are useful. Tellis is reluctant to accept the order. When he went through the files, he found that Henry Oak - Calvess' former partner - was already working intensively on the case. Oak is called in, although Tellis has concerns about Oak being notorious for mistreating suspects.
Tellis and Oak inspect the home of a man who was involved in the shooting 18 months ago. There they cannot find any evidence that the man killed Calvess. A little later, however, they find a weapon that only the special police units have at their disposal. They assume that only a policeman could provide this weapon to the criminal.
Investigators find out that Calvess was trying to close a drug deal with two dealers on the day he died. It also turns out that Oak was there that day. He quarreled with Calvess, whose drug addiction and offenses he no longer wanted to cover, whereupon Calvess shot himself. Oak wanted to cover up the truth in order to save the pension of the Calvess family, whom he had been very close to for years, by blackmailing the drug dealers into confessing to having murdered Calvess.
When the two drug traffickers are arrested, Tellis and Oak have a heated argument. Oak, shot by Tellis, dictates his statement on the tape and dies. At the end of the film, Tellis ponders whether to pass on the tape with the statement.
Reviews
Mick LaSalle wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that you can praise individual aspects of the film, but not the entire film. He praised the innovative direction but strongly criticized the violence in the film. LaSalle also criticized the script, characters and dialogue. Ray Liotta was miscast. The lexicon of international films is of the opinion that the disillusioning cop thriller depicts in dark colors the psycho duel of two men whose professional ethics are wiped out in grueling everyday life and who follow their own laws in order to survive. Furthermore, the dark mood of the film would be implemented consistently, whereby the two brilliant actors could not prevent the film from weakening in the last third and counteracting a rather banal dissolution.
Awards
Joe Carnahan won in 2002 a special prize of the Cognac Festival du Film Policier and in 2002 for the Grand Jury Prize ( Grand Jury Prize ) of the Sundance Film Festival nominated. Ray Liotta, Joe Carnahan and Alex Nepomniaschy were nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 2003 .
The film was nominated for the Casting Society of America Award in 2002.
backgrounds
The 28 days of filming took place in Detroit and Toronto . Production costs were approximately 7.5 million US dollars . The box office revenue in US theaters was $ 10.46 million.
Ray Liotta put on 12 kilos especially for his role. In addition, he wore a fat suit and latex parts on his face to look even thicker and more bloated. Like Jason Patrick, he waived a high salary to be able to participate in the film. As Executive Producer , Tom Cruise ensured that the film was shown in more cinemas than initially planned.
Web links
- Narc in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- NARC at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Narc at Metacritic (English)
- Narc in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mick LaSalle: Film Review. In: San Francisco Chronicle , Jan. 10, 2003
- ↑ Narc. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Entry ( Memento of the original from February 22nd, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on abrauchen.de
