Product: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-ray] (2009)
Rating: 4.0
Those Iguanas Were Real
I found this film to be highly entertaining. Never a dull moment. Nicolas Cage presented a bravura performance as New Orleans Police Lieutenant Terence McDonagh. McDonagh is bad in every sense of the word. He's addicted to prescription pain killers, heavily uses crack, cocaine, and heroin, steals drugs from the police property room, builds up huge debts due to binge gambling, and seems to have the morality of an alley cat. He lies like the proverbial rug. Indeed, he lies like a carpet factory. He ends up working for drug dealers to get the drugs he needs and the cash he needs to pay off his gambling debts.And he goes around with a gun stuck in the middle of his belt that looks like it was ripped off the deck of the U.S.S. Constitution.Yes, the lieutenant is bad and he's out of control. Cage put a lot into projecting this image.One weakness of the movie was the turn it took at the end. I don't want to spoil it by saying any more. Another weakness is the limited role of Val Kilmer. His excellent acting skills could have been put to better use.A major strength of the film was the stunning Eva Mendes, who portrayed McDonagh's girlfriend