Netflix pick for 5/19/14 – ‘Narc’

“Narc” is a tough, gritty, intense 2002 cop drama starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta, both of them doing some of the best work of their respective careers, and helping to elevate this solid yet familiar movie to the next level. Because while there plenty of movies (and television shows) about police going undercover and doing some questionable things in order to get results, this movie gets it all right, and builds to a big reveal that comes with some big emotional weight, making for a strong pay off to great movie.

In “Narc,” Jason Patric plays a cop who got too deep undercover in the narcotics world and had to be saved from it, but who then 18 months later finds himself back in it at the request of the police department itself, as he got sucked into an investigation of a murdered cop which had reached a dead end. He teams up with the veteran cop played by Ray Liotta who is leading the investigation, and together they sink deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole looking for the truth. And of course we know this going into the movie but when the truth finally comes out, it is not what anyone thought it would be, as things get turned upside down, with the movie leaving some serious questions and getting into some heavy stuff, and also refusing to wrap up this whole movie for you with a nice little bow on top.

Great direction, awesome acting, a tight story, “Narc” has it all, so check out this movie here on the Netflix Instant and enjoy!