Rent Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
3.1 of 5 from 366 ratings
1h 57min
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- Synopsis:
- Nicolas Cage plays rogue detective Terence McDonagh in what is being described as 'one of his finest performances' who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs - while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves - Frankie Donnenfield (Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.
- Actors:
- Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Russell M. Haeuser, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Shawn Hatosy, Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Bower, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brad Dourif, Denzel Whitaker, Irma P. Hall, Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Joe Nemmers, J.D. Evermore, Tim Bellow, Lucius Baston, Lauren Swinney
- Directors:
- Werner Herzog
- Producers:
- Stephen Belafonte, Nicolas Cage, Randall Emmett, Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky, Edward R. Pressman, John Thompson
- Voiced By:
- Joel Davis, John Wilmot
- Writers:
- William M. Finkelstein, Victor Argo
- Studio:
- Lionsgate Films
- Genres:
- Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., People of the Pictures, Remembering Val Kilmer, The Coppola Clan: Hollywood's Most Creative Family
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/09/2010
- Run Time:
- 122 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Interviews with cast and crew
- The making of "Bad lieutenant"
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Reviews (5) of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Top notch movie. - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans review by CP Customer
Fantastic return to form for Nic Cage.
Gritty,murky,sexy drama set in New Orleans,post Katrina.
A crooked cop out of control,high on whatever he can get hold of!
Cages best film in years....
Rent it now!
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Sounds Like a Dare - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans review by griggs
Nicolas Cage spends this one looking like his spine has filed a formal complaint against the rest of his body, and honestly it's a joy to watch him ignore the paperwork. Werner Herzog and Cage let loose in New Orleans sounds like a dare, and somehow it mostly works.
Terence McDonagh is corrupt, unhinged and weirdly pathetic all at once, and Cage makes him monstrous without ever letting him get dull. The city gives it a damp, slightly cursed texture — sweaty and a bit feral, nothing like the usual polished crime-drama wallpaper. Herzog keeps throwing in iguanas and alligators, and holding dead-eyed stares a beat too long, which stops the film settling into a predictable dirty-cop spiral.
I won't pretend it doesn't take its time to build. The early debts-and-drugs plotting is fairly standard, and Herzog seems in no rush to get to the unhinged stuff. But once Cage and Herzog hit the accelerator together, the whole thing practically vibrates off the screen.
Second-tier Herzog, maybe. Cage, though, is on his own planet.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
He's no Dirty Harry. - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans review by CP Customer
I like Nicolas cage so was looking forward to this movie. He does act well and with Eva Mendes providing the glamour it was a watchable movie but not a great movie.
The character he plays has a good cop, bad cop profile and clearly not everything is done by the book - in fact very little. He is a law unto himself but does the end justify the means? His life seems highly complicated - I think he needs a holiday.
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