Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - Movie review
| Country (Year): | USA (2009) |
| Genre: | Crime, Drama |
| Runtime: | 122min |
| Director: | Werner Herzog |
| Release date: | 27.05.2010 (German Switzerland) |
| Script: | William M. Finkelstein |
| Victor Argo |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Image galleryWhile treating his back pain with cocaine, a New Orleans cop investigates the massacre of a family of illegal Senegalese immigrants who trafficked in heroin without going through the local drug lord. Recently promoted to lieutenant, the cop completely immerses himself in his investigations and his need for drugs: he abuses his power by harassing a couple - stealing their drugs and raping the woman, threatening grandmothers by cutting off their oxygen, gambling away huge sums of money, blackmailing a soccer pro to fix a game, and collaborating with the local drug lord to pay his gambling debts - all against a backdrop of free-range alligators and iguanas in post-Katrina New Orleans. Distant remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 masterpiece directed by Werner Herzog and starring a no-holds-barred Nicolas Cage. A curious film noir as bizarre as its lead character, which unfortunately doesn't hold up to the original.
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