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Narc

MPA Rating: R-Rating (MPA)

for strong brutal violence, drug content and pervasive language.

Moral Rating:	Extremely Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:	Adults
Genre:	Crime Thriller
Length:	1 hr. 45 min.
Year of Release:	2003
USA Release:

Featuring	Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, Busta Rhymes, Chi McBride, Richard Chevolleau
Director	Joe Carnahan
Producer	Ray Liotta, Michelle Grace
Distributor	Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)

Language: Extreme— for example, almost 300 f-words

Movie Critics

…too much bloody violence and a humanist worldview…

Movieguide

Comments from young people

Positive—I have never had such mixed feelings about a movie. On one hand, this movie is a foul, gritty cop drama that has f- and s-words littered constantly throughout, extreme violence, and graphic depictions of drug use. But on the other hand, it is a powerful, gripping film about two cops (Ray Liotta and Jason Patric) on the Detroit Narc Squad going about the investigation of a murder in unorthodox ways. Both cops, in my opinion, are good men, but they are forced to uphold and enforce the law in a world of violence and mayhem. Thus, many times they resort to aggressiveness and cruelty to do the job. I cannot recommend this film to anyone who might be strongly offended by the content mentioned above. Being a Catholic, it was hard for me to listen to constant profanity, but it only detracted from the movie, instead of ruining it completely.
My Ratings: [Very Offensive / 4]

Andrew Tynan, age 15