Product: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-ray] (2009)
Rating: 4.0
"Shoot him again...his soul's still dancing"
A remake of Bad Lieutenant? Not really no, as Werner Herzog's The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is a different sort of film than Abel Ferrara's early 90s Harvey Keitel-starring tale of corruption and redemption. Nicolas Cage, giving the best performance he's given in years, stars as Terrence McDonagh; a drug-raddled, painkiller-addicted, gambling junkie New Orleans police lieutenant with a prostitute girlfriend (Eva Mendes) and a very bad back. While investigating the murders of a family of Senegalese immigrants in this post-Katrina landscape, all fingers point to a local drug lord (Xzibit), who may prove to be untouchable. While Herzog's film may definitely not be for all tastes, the main attraction here is Cage by and far. After a string of stinkers like Ghost Rider, Next, and Bangkok Dangerous among others; Bad Lieutenant re-affirms just how spectacular an actor that he can in fact be. Regardless of whether or not you are a fan of Herzog, Cage's performance is reason enough to see this film. By the time the credits roll, you'll be wondering too if fish have dreams.