Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Another film the critics got way wrong. This Bad Lieutenant got rave reviews, yet although decent, does not deserve an 87%. It stars the all time "over actor" Nicolas Cage. I used to be a huge fan of Nic Cage, but for some reason he completely changed the way he acted. Everything became so loud and over the top, like Pacino, but not as good. He did win an Oscar for a reason, and I never thought his career would turn this direction. A lot of it has to do with the roles he takes. I do think he is in the Hollywood cross hairs due to his recent money troubles. These producers know he is no position to say No to any role as long as it pays. That is why he has been showing up in a new film every 5 months or so. He plays the role Harvey Keitel made famous, The Bad Lieutenant. Terence (Cage) has a Coke addiction, and I don't mean cola. His back is basically a non stop painful experience he must endure for the rest of his life. We are never informed about what he did to his back. For all we know he could have injured it in the line of duty, or lifting a 50 lb. bag of kibble. The director, Werner Herzog gets more credit than he deserves for his movies. Werner was portrayed in Entourage (using a different name, but definite similarities) last season by Stellan Skarsgard, and if that portrayal is anything accurate to how he really is, I wouldn't want to know him. Prick. I'm not saying, I'm just stating what Entourage made this "fictional" character out to be. Port of Call is confusing and pointless. The story has been done, but I will say the X to Z, Xzibit adds better screen presence than Val Kilmer, who's small role is quite pointless for an actor of his caliber. Basically the Bad Lieutenant has a drug problem, Gambling problem, prostitute problem, and he tries to re-create his Leaving Las Vegas performance as a tormented man, but doesn't even come close. Eva Mendes plays his Prostitute friend, who never gets naked on screen. If she had, it would've automatically bumped my grade up a notch, but nonetheless, I will not watch it again, but if you had a notion to see it, don't let me stop you.

NBM rates Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - Good

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