Narc Page #2

Synopsis: An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads, informants turn up dead, Nick's wife is unhappy he's back on the street, Henry's protective of the dead cop's wife. Nick reads and re-reads the case file, broods, watches Oak's heavy-handed style, sometimes joining in. The brass want to close out the case, Nick and Henry stay on it, and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop. What actually happened; will Nick ever know?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Joe Carnahan
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
2002
105 min
$10,237,964
Website
855 Views


But... between you and me,

he's not stable.

You don't even know

what the f*** you're planning on, man.

Come on.

Yeah.

You're an idiot.

You don't even know.

You ought to know...

He's all of that sh*t

a cop just cannot be, not right now.

Not in this city.

Not in this department.

We're talking about a marked name.

Henry, what the f***, man?!

I swear to f***ing God,

if I get another call

you're beating on your wife and kids,

you're f***ing dead!

Get off me!

Get the f*** off me!

- Get off!

- Sh*t!

What the f***!

Go get this piece of sh*t out of here!

I mean, listen, Captain,

we can both sit here and say,

or we can assume

that he's just adhering

to this department ban

on his involvement.

You're a smart guy.

You know that's bullshit.

Well, I would hope so.

Yes, but again...

it's only a matter of time

before IAD brings down

an indictment on him.

Listen, do yourself a favor,

concerning Oak, um...

I would just blow out

all this bullshit,

go to Convicts and Ethics Inquiries,

and hinge this whole thing

on his involvement.

Would that be up to

and including your own involvement?

I don't understand.

Nick,

if I go to bat for him,

I'm going to have to do it contingent

on you being his partner

for the duration.

The duration of what?

The duration

of the investigation.

Hey, you asked me

to read some files, and I did.

You know, the tale of the tape is...

and this is nothing

you don't already know...

is that your best shot

at breaking this is

bringing him back on,

and just go off the work

he's already done.

I don't want to waste any more time.

Do you want on this case

roster... yes or no?

I am not looking

for active assignment.

I don't...

I-I want a paycheck... okay?

I mean, this three-quarters

is not cutting the sh*t.

I don't need, I don't want...

I don't want to be out

with some guy playing nine-ball

on some perp's skull.

I'll tell you that.

I want a desk.

I need a desk.

Fine. Get me a conviction,

I'll get you a desk.

Like that?

Just like that.

Why don't we get some coffee?

You must be somebody's

something special.

No, not really.

No, not really?

Getting them to reassign me to a case

that I'd been so resoundedly

removed from?

You got to admit, that

takes some people to pull.

It's not what I did.

It's what you did.

The work you put in.

They know they're better off

with you than without you.

I'm just going to say this, all right?

I don't know you, so I refuse

to f*** around with you

any more than I have to.

Did Internal Affairs set you up

with this?

No.

No?

Fringe ex-cop

fallen out of favor,

looking to get back behind a badge?

They got files three feet thick

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Joe Carnahan

Joseph Aaron "Joe" Carnahan is an American independent film director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his films Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, Narc, Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, and The Grey. more…

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