Nick Tellis is a recovering drug addict. But staying clean is not so easy for this Detroit narcotics officer when the police department reinstates him in order to investigate an elusive 'narc' squad homicide. After a rookie cop is mysteriously killed in the line of duty, the police department teams Tellis up with the dead cop's partner--the volatile Lieutenant Henry Oak--to solve the murder. Soon the two of them find themselves crawling through the mean streets of Detroit. Their probative investigation leads them through filthy drug dens, crack houses, and alleyways to track the killer, but these all too familiar surroundings plague Tellis like a nightmare. As Tellis gets closer to revealing the truth behind the murder, he finds himself in jeopardy of losing his family, his dignity, and his life.
Production Paramount Pictures (present); Lions Gate Films (present); Cruise/Wagner Productions (producer); Splendid Pictures (in association with); Emmett/Furla Films (in association with); Tiara Blu Films (in association with); Cutting Edge Entertainment; JR Media Services; Narc LLC;
Cast Names Ken Rudulph; Bradley Sawatzky; Dan Leis; Jason Patric; Lloyd Adams; Meagan Issa; Lina Giornofelice; Alan C. Peterson; Karen Robinson; Chi McBride; Booth Savage; Alan Van Sprang; Gavyn Donaldson; Myles Donaldson; Krista Bridges; Ray Liotta; Thomas Patrice; Garry Robbins; Lilette Wiens; Omar Samuels; Mauricio Rodas; Darren John; Steve Hunt; Paulino Nunes; Marilo Nunez; John Ortiz; Tony De Santis; Carson Durven; Donna Croce; Kevin Rushton;
Box Office USD 10,460,089
Release Date 2002-01-14 (Sundance Film Festival) 2002-12-17 (premiere) 2002-12-20 (limited) 2003-01-10
Genres Crime; Drama; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for strong brutal violence, drug content and pervasive
language.