Narc (Crime thriller) - Plot

'Narc’ begins with a flashback of an undercover narcotics officer called Nick Tellis (played by Jason Patric) chasing a drug dealer, in which when Nick Tellis is running after the drug dealer, the drug dealer grabs an individual and injects him with drugs (which Nick Tellis has to leave behind because he has to catch the drug dealer). The drug dealer then grabs hold of a young child, causing Nick Tellis to shoot the drug dealer, before he can hurt the young child. However, Nick Tellis also accidentally shoots a pregnant woman, causing her to have a miscarriage.

Nick Tellis is then persuaded to return to the Detroit Police department to investigate the murder of Michael Calvess (who was also an undercover narcotics officer), in which Nick Tellis looks over the files of Michael Calvess’ case (even though his wife doesn’t want him to return to the Detroit Police department). Nick Tellis is then partnered up with Henry Oak (played by Ray Liotta), who was a friend of Michael Calvess, to work on the case. Nick Tellis and Henry Oak begin to build up a relationship, while working on the investigation. However, Nick Tellis’ wife is concerned by her husband’s health. Nick Tellis’ then goes behind Henry Oak’s back to interview Michael Calvess’ wife about her husband, in which Henry Oak turns up angry with Nick Tellis.

Nick Tellis and Henry Oak continue their investigation by visiting a drug dealers/gun collector’s house, who could have something to do with Michael Calvess’ case, however, they end up killing the drug dealer/gun collector. Furthermore, Nick Tellis and Henry Oak then visit another man, in which they find Michael Calvess’ badge, however, nothing to say the man killed Michael Calvess. The man then pulls a gun on Henry Oak and shoots him, in which Henry Oak kills the man in self defence. When Nick Tellis goes home, his wife tells him she can no longer be with him. Moreover, the case is closed by the Detroit Police department, in which Nick Tellis and Henry Oak carry on the investigation by themselves, because they believe the murder is still out there and yet to be found, in which they get bits and pieces of evidence pointing them towards an auto body shop.

Furthermore, Nick Tellis and Henry Oak go to the auto body shop, in which Henry Oak tries to get a confession out of the individuals there. When Henry Oak leaves the auto body shop to get tools from the car, Nick Tellis asks the individuals for the truth. The two individuals confess that they attacked Michael Calvess (because he went to pull out his gun on them), and then they ran away, while Henry Oak was shooting at them. Nick Tellis then confronts Henry Oak about the two individual’s confession, telling Henry Oak that he murdered Michael Calvess, after trying to shoot the drug dealers. However, Henry Oak denies that he murdered Michael Calvess. Nick Tellis then tells Henry Oak he is going to make an arrest himself, in which Henry Oak then attacks Nick Tellis, and tries to get a confession out of the two drug dealers himself.

Nick Tellis then breaks back into the auto body shop and shoots Henry Oak, in which while Henry Oak is dying, he confesses what actually happened. Henry Oak confesses that Michael Calvess actually killed himself, after they had an argument.