[A black screen. A caption reads "To the living we owe respect. But to the dead we owe only the truth. Voltaire."]

[The word "truth" lingers on screen as the camera closes-up on a man, Henry Oak, wearing a suit and tie. He kneels next to a body lying on the floor and sobs.]

[The Paramount 90th anniversary, a Viacom company logo.]

[Lionsgate Films logo.]

[Splendid Pictures logo.]

[In a hearing room, three investigators, two men and a woman, sit at the end of a T- shaped table, opposite a man, Nick Tellis. Two men in police uniform sit at another table close by.]

[The investigator in the middle addresses Tellis.] Investigator #1: Are you familiar with the Michael Calvess case? [Various shots in quick succession of photos of Calvess in police uniform and his case file.]

[Close-up on Calvess undercover, inside a tunnel, being beaten by two men. One fires a gun.] Tellis: He was murdered working undercover.

Tellis: Yes, I'm aware of that.

[Shots of Tellis at his office desk going through case files.] Investigator #2: We feel that your presence in this investigation would be invaluable.

[Tellis lays on a couch at his home, holding his baby son and being embraced by his wife Audrey.] Tellis: They got a dead cop and dead ends and they're reaching. [The Detroit skyline as Tellis contemplates it.]

[At a shooting range, a man fires five shots at the target's head. He's in the lane next to Tellis's. It's Henry Oak.]

[In a police office, Captain Mitchell Cheevers, talks to Tellis.] Cheevers: Lieutenant Oak, he and Calvess were close.

Cheevers: He was the first one in the tunnel that day, discovered the body.

[Oak stands in the rain outside a tunnel. He shouts indistinctly.]

[In a diner, Oak and Tellis sit at a table.] Oak: This is all politics. They didn't know him, they don't care about him, they can't forget about him fast enough.

[Back in the police office.] Cheevers: I like him.

[At an abandoned auto repair warehouse, Oak shoots at a red car.] Cheevers: But between you and me...

[Someone shouts indistinctly as Oak continues to shoot at the red car.] Cheevers: ...he's not stable.

[In an apartment with bright green walls, Oak laughs with another detective.] Oak: That's beautiful.

[Inside a car, Tellis and Oak talk.] Tellis: How long you been with your wife? Oak: I lost her.

[Various shots of Oak laying on his wife's lap on a couch.] Tellis: I'm sorry. Oak: It's OK. I like talking about her. I'll tell you this much: I became a much better cop the day she died.

[Close-up on Oak holding a riffle, then closing the boot of a car.] Oak: Any hesitation I had about the job was gone.

[A caption reads, "Between Black + White", as the screen is split in four and shows various shots in quick succession of the movie.] Oak: The only thing you need to know about me, is that I'm gonna bag the mothers that killed Mike.

[Inside a house, Oak points a riffle and shoots it.] Oak: The police!

Oak: If that means breaking every point of procedure, then they're broke. [In the house, Tellis goes through the freezer.] Tellis laughs: Oh, bagels and guns.

[Oak addresses Octavio, a drug addict.] Oak: It's almost impossible you're this dumb.

[A caption reads, "Beyond Right + Wrong.]

[In Calvess's house, Tellis sits on a couch as he talks to Calvess's widow.] Tellis: You notice anything about his mood in the weeks before? Was there anything strange about his behavior? [Oak walks in the house holding Calvess's young girls one in each arm, followed by Calvess's widow.]

[In a carpark, Oak confronts Tellis.] Oak: You questioned her. What for?

Tellis: Get your hand out of my face. Oak: If you need to know what she said, you refer to the file! [Close-up on a confidential case file.]

[A caption reads, "Inside + Outside the Law.]

[In their home, Audrey argues with Tellis, who is holding their son as he sits on the couch.] Audrey: I'm looking at you hold your son and I can't believe you would ever feel the need to go back to that again. [Close-up on Tellis in the shower holding his son and kissing his head.]

[Tellis points a gun at a man, who runs out of a door.] Tellis: Do not move!

[In the abandoned auto repair warehouse, Oak and Tellis interrogate two Black men, Darnell and Latroy, who are tied up by their wrists to a chair, with their backs to each other.] Oak: This is a police issue revolver, and it belongs to a slain officer. What are you doing with it?

[Oak shows the tied men the revolver.] Latroy: That was not in there. You planted that. Oak: What'd you say? I planted it? Who planted that? Who planted that?

Tellis: Enough!

Darnell: Cos your partner Oak is dirty. [Oak punches Darnell.]

[Tellis sits in his office.] Tellis: I'm gonna get 'em. I'm gonna get the guys who did it.

[Flashbacks of Tellis running, and of Calvess undercover and Oak the night Calvess died.] Tellis: You were there before he died. Tell me that I'm wrong.

Oak: They shot him and ran!

Darnell: He's lying to you. [Tellis, enraged, pushes piles of paper on top of his desk onto the floor.]

Oak: You're messing with something you can't possibly understand.

[In the abandoned auto repair warehouse, Tellis falls to the floor in despair.] Oak: You're gonna let this lowlife call on my integrity? My commitment to that kid?

[Shots of photos in quick succession as Tellis screams.]

[A black screen, then a close-up on Oak as he cocks a riffle.]

[On a black screen, a caption reads, "Jason Patric."]

[A close-up on Tellis.]

[On a black screen, a caption reads, "Ray Liotta".]

[A close-up on Oak.] Oak: This has got nothing to do with the rules and regulations...

[Oak sits inside a car on the driver's seat.] Oak: ...and everything to do with right and wrong.

[A black screen. A caption reads, "Narc" as the silhouette of a gun is thrown across the screen.]