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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, 2009

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

English

USA

Rating:7.0
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Profile of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

The mood of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is offbeat, rough, and stylized. The plot centers around going against the rules, drug abuse, and a police detective. It is an independent, crime, and drama movie. Stylistically, it is surreal. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an urban environment. It is set in New Orleans. It happens in contemporary times. It is a remake. It is known for being critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes drugs/alcohol, sexual content, and profanity.

Summary of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

There has been tremendous speculation ever since news broke that the incomparable Werner Herzog was mounting a remake of Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant. But the furor has proved unfounded, as Herzog's film comes from a new script. The only resemblance to the original is that it portrays a cop whose moral compass is spinning from excessive drug use.After severely injuring his back while saving a prisoner from drowning in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, homicide detective Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is promoted to lieutenant, prescribed painkillers and returned to active duty. A year later, he is addicted to both Vicodin and cocaine. But his responsibilities to the force continue, and when a family of African immigrants is found massacred, Terence is handed the case by his superiors.In the convoluted moral universe in which Terence lives, it's possible to be a protective boyfriend to his escort girlfriend Frankie (Eva Mendes), look after a witness wanted by a notorious drug dealer (played by car-modifying rapper Xzibit), score drugs from intimidated club kids, regularly hallucinate about reptiles, have a lucky crack pipe and still somehow be charged with protecting the general public.The viewer rides shotgun with Cage as he prowls the depopulated New Orleans in this improbable pairing of Leaving Las Vegas and Grand Theft Auto. Under Herzog's direction, Cage delivers another in his roster of off-the-chain performances, bursting with non sequiturs bound to become notable cult film quotations, including “What are these fucking iguanas doing on my coffee table?” and “Shoot him again – his soul is still dancing.”It is Herzog's documentarian's eye that brings an extra depth to what at first appears to be a common cops-and-robbers crime flick. He constantly frames the devastated New Orleans with heartbreaking poverty and ruin in the foreground and the gleaming metal towers of affluence in the background. Herzog's tendency to focus on deluded (if not outright delusional) figures trying to eke out some kind of salvation against jungles both real and allegorical is now legendary, and this story takes on urgent resonance in a twenty-first-century American city trying to start from scratch.

Details

Language: English
Country: USA
Release date: 11 September 2009
Runtime: 121 min

Cast and Crew

Nicolas Cage as Terence McDonagh in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Nicolas Cage

as Terence McDonagh

Val Kilmer as Stevie Pruit in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Val Kilmer

as Stevie Pruit

Eva Mendes as Frankie Donnenfeld in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Eva Mendes

as Frankie Donnenfeld

Fairuza Balk as Heidi in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Fairuza Balk

as Heidi

Photos

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Clips

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans: Trailer

Users Reviews

Gave this movie one star then changed it to a "five". We don't like DARK movies, and this is one, for sure. Best acting I have ever seen by Nick Cage. The actor playing the bookie is "Doc" from Deadwood. He's always true to his part. So it is well...

The original Bad Lieutenant had much more subtext and while Nicolas Cage seems to be out on a limb here, Harvey Keitel was truly on the edge. And Werner Herzog has done much better films the main question I have is: WHAT WAS UP WITH THE SHAKY...

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