Movie Review: “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:08PM | By
Franck Tabouring 
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Seen on: November 17, 2009
The players: Director: Werner Herzog, Writer: William M. Finkelstein, Cast: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit
Facts of interest: Won the Christopher D. Smithers Award in Venice.
The plot: The film follows a corrupt New Orleans cop who's addicted to drugs and tries to solve a brutal murder.
Our thoughts: Nicolas Cage is really bad in Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” and I’m so glad and relieved he is. It’s great to see him back in total control of an intriguing role after a whole bunch of recent failures, and he’s undoubtedly the main reason this film worked for me so well. In other words, Cage totally delivers the goods.















