Narc or Dark Blue

I preferred "Dark Blue" over "Narc." Kurt Russell is great in his over-the-top performance as a racist, angry cop--easily his best role. Gleeson is good as the manicial leader and Ving Rhames has a nice supporting role. "Narc" was good but the dialogue wasn't as polished as Ellroy's fodder. But that's my opinion.

I thought "Dark Blue" was really good, but not as good as "Training Day". The L.A. riot scenes were done very well, and you can really feel the claustrophobia of being stuck in that city when that happened. Of course "Black Hawk Down" comes off 10 times scarier in the situation, but this worked too. Liked the touch of how they beat the hell out of the white gangster dude who actually lived there, just because he was white. Really showed that god only knows what they'd do to Kurt Russell if they got him considering he's a copy.

But compared to "Narc", this movie doesn't hold anything to it. "Narc" was so good it's not even funny. I'd put it over "Training Day" as well. Always helps to have the always dependable Jason Patric (except "Speed 2") in at as well. Thought the film surpassed Patric's other junkie cop film "Rush" as well. Why he doesn't get more roles is beyond me cause he's a great actor. Of course, will always remember the first movie I saw with him "Your Friends & Neighbors" with his creepy 5 minute monologue about him and some friends raping another kid in gym class, lol.