Hey folks, Harry here... Generally I dig the hell out of Jason Patrick and Ray Liotta movies. Both of these actors tend to do really good work, even when stuck in awful films. Meanwhile, Joe Carnahan made a bit of a stir a few years back when he made BLOOD, GUTS, BULLETS AND OCTANE and it debuted to quite a bit of buzz at Sundance, personally I wasn't impressed, I felt that movie tried a bit too hard and while it didn't look anywhere near its micro-budget, it certainly wasn't the next 'Res Dogs' as it had been touted to me no less than 15 times before seeing the film. However, having said that, I was curious to see what Mr Carnahan could do with a real budget, and it is nice to hear good word on this, his first film since his Sundance coming out. Here ya go....
Hi Harry,
I watched the Sacramento premiere of the cop movie Narc, directed by sac native Joe Carnahan tonight. It was a charity event, and the movies stars Jason Patrick and Ray Liotta showed up to answer questions and sign autographs. It was really cool meeting them although they both seemed extremly tired, Carnahan on the other hand was very energertic and funny.
As for the movie... IT ROCKED! The basic story is Liotta's character is a 50ish narc cop whose partner is murdered mysteriously. Patrick is an undercover cop who makes a horrible judgement call early in the film that threatens his job. He is subsequently teamed up with liotta to solve the murder. Chi mcbride and busta rhymes also pop up.
Why did i like it? Great acting all around, Liotta is truly ferocious in his bad guy role. He kinda reminded me of tony soprano, terrifying in one scene, subdued in the next. The writing is also good, many different plot points come together in the end for a twist ending that when u think about makes more sense then the other possible explanations.
Carnahan displays a talent for both getting solid performances from his actors and filming them in exciting and somewhat unconventenal methods.
A good time was had by all (and for a good cause, cancer research), and i look forward to Carnahans next film.
Xero
PS. It seems Carnahan believes tom cruise may have been the one that convinced paramount to buy the movie. look for it in wide release in november.
