Product: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-ray] (2009)
Rating: 2.0
Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call New Orleans review & rant 4/10
Here I am with Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans more like Port Of S h i t. Cause this movie was poorly done it has no right to have the name Bad Lieutenant. In fact Abel Ferrara openly against this movie. Werner Herzog said "I have no idea who he is I've never seen a film of his." Yeah you must of known enough to direct a sequel. I mean I don't blame Abel Ferrara for being mad I mean Bad Lieutenant which I reviewed the other day is a great character piece. This movie is way to long too slow paced & the acting isn't all that great the editing is bad. Made on a budget of $25 million made $10 million. Directed by Werner Herzog he directed Nosferetu & Rescue Dawn. Rescue Dawn is better than this movie. If you like this movie that's fine anytime I rant on a movie it's against the movie not the fans. This won't be a huge rant but still I don't care for this movie. It stars Nichols Cage as Terrence McDonagh, Val Kilmer as Stevie Pruit, Eva Mendes as Frankie Donnenfeld, Xzibit as Big Fate & Brad Dourif Ned. The story is Terrence McDonagh & his partner Stevie Purit are investigating a murder of this family who are illegal immigrants from Senegal. Their looking for this guy named Big Fate. You have them copy stuff off of the original Bad Lieutenant you have the lead doing drugs & betting on sports only this time it's College Football. He has a girlfriend he does drugs with. This character isn't interesting Nicholas Cage doesn't make it work not saying that Nicholas Cage is a bad actor but this isn't his kind of movie. Keitel was over the top in the in Bad Lieutenant but he didn't over do it. You have a scene where up to this young couple & starts messing with them like with the 2 Jersey Girls in in the original. He has s e x with the girl & takes her drugs. Lieutenant McDonagh & Lieutenant Pruit round up different people they find this boy who was a witness to the murders. McDonagh gets a call from his Girlfriend Frankie to come to Biloxi the witness goes with him & McDonagh finds out that this guy has been beating her he beats that guy up who tells him that he's well connected. They get back to New Orleans at this restraunt the witness goes missing & McDonagh goes to that guys Grandma's House she takes care of this elderly lady. He gets mad cause they won't tell him where the boy went to he goes off the deep end cuts off the old lady's oxegen so he can get some information. I'm sorry but that's way too over the top even for me. He is told that the boy went to England. So this plot point goes nowhere. All this cop does is get himself in more trouble which I will get to. He gets a call by Frankie cause he owes money to this mobster dude he has 2 days to pay up. He gets Frankie out of town has her stay with his parents there is this dramatic BS going on with McDonagh's Father & Step Mother which I didn't care about. When the 1st movie the simple things & straight forward things did so much more for me. McDonagh has been put on modified duty for his recent actions. That's ok cause he has a guy that works evidence that will get his gun back for him. McDonagh shows Frankie this old tool shed he used to play in as a kid & it's more stuff that could've been cut out. He goes on & on about this spoon he dug up in the yard as a kid. McDonagh gets together with Big Fate's crew he uses them to help him take down those mob guys he owes money to. McDonagh has Big Fate smoke his Lucky Crack Pipe so he can get his DNA. I will admit that I did find his plan brillant use them to kill the people he owes money get that guys DNA to get him arrested. He has the pipe planted at the crime scene where that family was killed & Big Fate & his gang are busted. McDonagh's partner Stevie wants to kill Big Fate & take his drugs but McDonagh wants to take him in. So for performing his duties professionally he is promoted to Captain & he Frankie his father & step mother are clean & sober. Frankie is pregnet. Oh but McDonagh still has his slip up lol. Bad Lieutenant Port Of S h i t is poorly done I know it's not a direct sequel but even as a stand alone movie it's no different than any other crime drama movie on the direct to video market. It's 2 hours & 2 minutes too long 10 or 15 could've been cut out of it the acting isn't much to run home about. Werner Herzog gets the pass for being a high brow director. Nicholas Cage gave an on & off performance. Val Kilmer didn't get much to do. Eva Mendes was ok. Xzibit was terrible. I can't believe I left out Brad Dourif but he didn't get anything to do. I said in my review for Bad Lieutenant that it's not for everybody cause of the content & subject matter. This movie isn't for everybody cause it is lame.