Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Bereamic Awesome Movie

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

KineticSeoul Sure it has Nicholas Cage in it, but this movie was a weirder than I thought it would be. Watching this movie was like watching COPS, except it focuses in on the crooked cops and it's trippy. Because the Bad Lieutenant, is a cocaine addict. The plot is about a New Orleans Police Sergean played by Nicholas Cage who got hurt rescuing a prisoner and thus ends up relying on painkillers and cocoain because of that. It's about a corrupt cop that gets even more detestable and corrupt as the film progresses. This movie can be difficult to follow at times, since it's all over the place and can get bizarre from time to time. It's a pretty nihilistic and bleak movie. Nicholas Cage was the right actor to play in this story, because the plot is about a crazy obnoxious junkie cop spiraling out of control. So yeah, if you like watching crazy over the top Nicholas Cage. Chances are you will somewhat like this movie.6.3/10

Scott LeBrun Nicolas Cage once again gets a juicy role into which he can sink his teeth, in this appreciably offbeat film. Cage plays Terence McDonagh, a police detective in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Stricken with a bad back, he soon develops a drug addiction, which is then compounded by his gambling fever. He begins coming unglued as he investigates the execution-style murder of an immigrant family from Senegal.Cage fans should be made aware that he doesn't quite reach the heights of lunacy that he attained in such projects as "Vampire's Kiss" and "Deadfall". However, he does have some deliciously nutty moments as McDonagh sinks deeper and deeper into an abyss. Eva Mendes is appealing as Frankie Donnenfield, McDonaghs' prostitute girlfriend. The two of them are extremely well supported by an incredible assortment of recognizable and reliable actors: Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Bower, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brad Dourif, Irma P. Hall, Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Gary Grubbs, and Marco St. John. That's screenwriter William M. Finkelstein playing mobster Dave Jacobs. They're all very good, but it's Cage who remains the main reason to watch.The great director Werner Herzog guides the proceedings with style and wit. Although this film does not have very much to do with the 1992 production "Bad Lieutenant" (Edward R. Pressman *was* a producer on both), there are similar thematic elements, with a central cop character who hasn't just reached the edge, but fallen over it. Darkly comedic, and compellingly told, this story is compulsively watchable, and indeed it plays kind of like a satire of a police procedural.Fairly long (at two hours and two minutes) but engrossing.Eight out of 10.

bowmanblue Once upon a time the word 'Nicholas' and 'Cage' were something to set the box office alight. Nowadays, pretty much everything he does is laughed at. The only real enjoyment found from a Nic Cage film is us trying to guess just how low he will descend this time around. However, although Bad Lieutenant (2?) is never going to be an absolute classic, it does the job for what it is.First of all, it didn't entirely escape criticism. Its full title is 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' and it's actually a remake of the Harvey Keitel film of the same name (minus the bit about New Orleans). Therefore, you naturally had all the original's fanbase claiming how sacred the original was and how this was a travesty and a simple cash-in rip-off. Well I guess all remakes are to a degree, but this one does its best to try and steer clear of borrowing too much from the source material. In fact, some of the production team even go as far as to say that it's not a remake, more a sequel that only borrows from the same principal.And then there's Cage himself. He's actually pretty good (again). Yes, he specialises in some overacting from time to time, but anyone who's seen him before should be used to this. He's propped up by a decent supporting cast, including Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer, but it's generally Cage's baby and he carries the film well. As the title suggests, Cage plays the titular 'Bad Lieutenant' who, despite supposedly being a man of the law, is pretty broken and frequently bends the rules, especially when he's in need of drugs (legal and otherwise).It's a bit trippy, too. You have to concentrate on what's going on and you're going to have to be okay with some more 'arty' elements, such as singing iguanas (which I loved!). I think the more 'out there' parts of the film were trying to portray Cage's slow descent into drug-induced madness.I have to confess, I haven't seen the original, so I can't compare the two. But, seeing as I haven't watched it, I quite enjoyed it – it's a tale of a man who's on a slippery path to nowhere. So, if you like your cops 'dirty' and films a little dark and whacky, don't simply write it off as yet another of Cage's 'misfires' and give it a go.

Cs_The_Moment As the title suggests, this is an unconventional film about an unconventional police lieutenant, and it's quite hard to pin down an opinion on it because it is unlike anything I have ever seen in terms of style and story.Having seen several Nicholas Cage films, I was fully expecting to see him play his typical worldly-wise middle aged man role despite having read the synopsis (think the National Treasure [2004; 2007] and Knowing [2009]). I was surprised to see him play a completely different character and it was oddly refreshing to see him break away from his typecast. Cage is completely believable as an erratic drug addict, his odd behaviour and strange visions of iguanas (when you see the film, you'll understand) strangely draw you in to his rough, "trippy" world. The film often loses you, at points it is hard to understand how the current scene links to the previous, but that is all part of the effect. Even the supporting characters are fuzzy and it's hard to work out who is taking drugs and who isn't. The story makes sense but doesn't necessarily follow a typical linear structure; it's slow but you never feel like there's something that doesn't matter to the overall storyline. It manages to project Cage's character's decline onto every other aspect of the film in such a way that you don't really notice until the very end. It's downright bizarre.It's difficult to put your finger on whether or not this film is enjoyable, and the reasons why. If nothing else, the story is cleverly presented to perfectly depict the decline caused by addiction, and leaves you feeling fuzzy-headed yourself. A strange viewing that very much keeps you thinking once it has finished.