Bruce Stryker (played by Tom Vera) is a protagonist in Narco Sub.
A military unit leader who trains his team for a dangerous mission to rescue twenty-three abducted American teenage girls. He demands better performance after a failed exercise and becomes personally involved when cartel forces capture him and exploit his devotion to his family. DEA Head Craig Ford (played by Tom Sizemore) appears in Narco Sub.
The DEA chief who publicly discusses international drug smuggling and the cartel’s crimes. After being abducted and interrogated, he recovers his memory, uses privileged intelligence to expose the interrogator’s criminal role, and is later ordered to intercept a cartel shipment approaching Key West. Spyder (played by Robert LaSardo) appears in Narco Sub.
An interrogator who abducts and tortures a man he believes is the DEA chief. He is exposed as a major drug trafficker and an operative within the cartel during a psychological struggle for control.
Narco Sub (2021) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Bruce Stryker
(played by Tom Vera) — protagonist
A military unit leader who trains his team for a dangerous mission to rescue twenty-three abducted American teenage girls. He demands better performance after a failed exercise and becomes personally...
DEA Head Craig Ford
(played by Tom Sizemore) — supporting
The DEA chief who publicly discusses international drug smuggling and the cartel’s crimes. After being abducted and interrogated, he recovers his memory, uses privileged intelligence to expose the int...
Spyder
(played by Robert LaSardo) — supporting
An interrogator who abducts and tortures a man he believes is the DEA chief. He is exposed as a major drug trafficker and an operative within the cartel during a psychological struggle for control.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Bruce Stryker → DEA Head Craig Ford
(Alliance Mission Collaborator)
Government agencies agree to cooperate against the cartel, and Craig Ford is ordered to intercept the shipment while the wider rescue operation develo...
Bruce Stryker → Spyder
(Conflict Cartel Adversary)
Stryker is captured by cartel forces, while Spyder is exposed as an operative within the cartel.
DEA Head Craig Ford → Spyder
(Conflict Enemy)
Spyder abducts and tortures a man he believes is Craig Ford. Ford then uses privileged intelligence to expose Spyder as a major drug trafficker and ca...
Story Analysis
A DEA investigation and military rescue mission converge as a cartel shipment approaches Florida and the final operation is about to begin.
Plot Progression
The Interviewer Becomes the Target
A Mission Hidden by Failure
The Damaged Route
Kidnapping Forces Cooperation
Key West Interception
Directed by Shawn Welling
Narco Sub (2021) · 6.7/10 · action
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