Bad lieutenant port of call new orleans film

Werner herzog wanted to call the film port of call. Port of call new orleans features nicolas cage as terence mcdonaugh, a rogue detective investigating the killing of five senegalese immigrants in post. Nicolas cage as a cop so bad, hes good the new york times. Werner herzog has made over 50 films in his long career, both documentary and fiction. It places him in a devastated new orleans not long after hurricane katrina. Terence mcdonagh nicolas cage is a new orleans police sergeant. Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american crime drama film directed by werner herzog and starring. New orleans, but the producers wanted to call the film the bad lieutenant they had purchased remake rights to the 1992 film bad lieutenant and wanted to make a franchise. This tidbit of information appears in the closing credits of herzogs bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleans rolling stone there are few things more entertaining than watching nicolas cage go bugfuck in a movie that. Port of call, new orleans creates a dire portrait of a rapist, murderer, drug addict, corrupt cop and degenerate paranoid whos very apprehensive about iguanas. Instead, its one of the most truly extraordinary films to ever fall into a sense of obscurity or opaqueness. Terence mcdonagh is a drug and gamblingaddled detective in postkatrina new orleans investigating the killing of five senegalese immigrants.

Terrence mcdonagh nicolas cage is an outofcontrol police detective and frankie eva mendes is his hooker girlfriend in bad lieutenant. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. The film s double subtitle was due to executive meddling. Port of call new orleans on dvd april 6, 2010 starring nicolas cage, eva mendes, val kilmer, xzibit.

Port of call new orleans full english full movie the bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with the law. Werner herzogs remake of bad lieutenant is a bizarre. It was described as being neither a sequel nor a remake. If a film calls for it, he will crawl to the top hand over hand with bleeding fingernails. Port of call new orleans is such an insane affront to the original film s dour, earnest tone that im amazed the title was allowed to stand. Port of call new orleans movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to scoring. Port of call new orleans is not its title, but the point of it. And if i may indulge a hiphop non sequitur of my own. Music, film, tv and political news coverage bad lieutenant. The film follows his latest homicide investigation.

New orleans, nicolas cage is a cop with chronic back pain, a penchant for gambling and a serious drug habit who drawls out his lines like jimmy stewart with a mouth. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with. Why it crackles step aside fema, nic cage is here to save postkatrina new orleans. Abel ferraras cult crime drama bad lieutenant is given a sister film. Port of call new orelans werner herzogs remake of bad lieutenant is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years, says philip french published. Port of call new orleans, was released in 2009, seventeen years after the first film s release. Port of call new orleans stars nicolas cage, eva mendes, val kilmer, alvin xzibit joiner, fairuza balk, shawn hatosy and jennifer coolidge.

Im not sure what the whole film amounts to, and im not sure it amounts to anything. Like werner herzog and nicolas cage working together in bad lieutenant. Port of call new orelans werner herzogs remake is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years nicolas cage and eva mendes in bad lieutenant. Dec 04, 2009 directed by werner herzog, bad lieutenant. Regard him in films so various as wild at heart and leaving. Port of call new orleans is one of the most thrillingly enjoyable and audacious films of his career. Port of call new orleans is a terrible title for werner herzogs new film. The movie is about an entirely different bad lieutenant and the producers thought it would be a good idea to name it after the 1992 film that was also not very good. Immediately after nicolas cages character snorts a line from the bag of uncut heroin and sits next to his fathers wife to watch the football game, it cuts to a scene in which hes walking into the police station, sitting down at his desk. Port of call new orleans movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. It makes no attempt to show that city of legends in a flattering light. While cleaning out a locker after hurricane katrina, he notices that a prisoner may not have been transferred. Port of call new orleans heightened that excitement all the morei was nonetheless slightly wary of the final result.

Nov 20, 2009 werner herzog, the director of bad lieutenant. Werner herzogs first americanset fictional feature since stroszek, the canniest use in recent memory of nicolas cages bruisepurple twitchiness, and, pound by pound, arguably the years funniest film. Though the film s title resembles that of abel ferrara s 1992 film bad lieutenant, it is neither a sequel nor a remake. Oct 15, 2009 in werner herzogs new film bad lieutenant.

Also, however, he was dying to know what a new orleans film festival audience thought of his latest film, bad lieutenant. Abel ferraras cult crime drama bad lieutenant is given a sister film with this werner herzoghelmed production that takes its inspiration from the original, but. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he. While getting critical acclaim, audiences were divided. Shot in postkatrina new orleans presumably so that herzog could take advantage of an atmosphere of decay and wreckage that no production design could match, bad lieutenant stars nicolas cage as terence mcdonagh, a cop who. Port of call new orleans 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Port of call new orleans is a 2009 american crime drama film directed by werner herzog and starring nicolas cage, eva mendes, tom bower, jennifer coolidge, alvin xzibit joiner, val kilmer, and brad dourif. Nicolas cage part james stewart, part richard iii, and on top form plays a rogue detective equally devoted to his job and scoring.

Port of call new orleans full movie watch online the bad lieutenant. The movie could have ended without the last few scenes and been far more tense and suspenseful. Port of call new orleans, nobodys fool finally offers tyler perry and tiffany haddish a chance for two uninhibited talents of. Port of call bad lieutenant is not a sequel to bad lieutenant staring naked harvey keitel. Port of call new orleans, but it might more usefully have. Abel ferraras cult crime drama bad lieutenant is given a sister film with this werner herzoghelmed production that takes its inspiration from the original, but focuses on new. The film was directed by werner herzog and stars nicolas cage and eva mendes. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Nov 20, 2009 iguana alligator footage by werner herzog. Port of call new orleans 2009 and i was wondering about the ending.

Port of call new orleans is a dark, edgy crime drama with a convoluted plot that goes to some extreme places. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to. Director werner herzogs career is a catalog of extremes, and bad lieutenant. New orleans is an over indulgent film in some instances, in need of trimming which benefited stones alexander and a keener editorial eye. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to scoring drugswhile playing fast and loose with the law. New orleans by livia bloom in from the magazine as terence mcdonagh, the title character of werner herzogs the bad lieutenant. Port of call new orleans, nicolas cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as. In the aftermath of hurricane katrina he becomes a highfunctioning. And it gradually reveals itself as a sly comedy about. Port of call new orleans is a film directed by werner herzog with nicolas cage, eva mendes, val kilmer, xzibit, year. He plays new orleans cop terence mcdonagh, recently promoted to lieutenant. Description a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with the lawhe wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to. As one might expect of herzog, the view of humanity on display is less tragic than cynically dismissive, but as one might not expect. Werner herzogs remake of bad lieutenant is a bizarre triumph in which nicolas cage gives his best performance for years, says philip french.

In timpul actului sau eroic, mcdonagh vatama spatele, iar ulterior. Director werner herzog welcomes you to lala land once again in his latest film, starring nicolas cage as the worlds worst cop. The story involves a police lieutenant that develops a drug addiction. Terence mcdonagh oscar winner nicolas cage is a drug and gambling addled detective in postkatrina new orleans investigating the. As exciting as the prospect wasand the loveably unwieldy title bad lieutenant. The problem is that the title makes it look like a remake of the. Loosely based on abel ferraras bad lieutenant, auteur werner herzogs bad lieutenant. For a start, the ferrara film was perfectly fine left alone and ferrara felt the same way. Port of call new orleans 2009 rotten tomatoes abel ferraras cult crime drama bad lieutenant is given a sister film with this werner herzoghelmed production that takes its. If a film calls for it, he will crawl to the top hand over hand with. Port of call new orleans plays as if schindlers list ended with.