Nic Cage's Awesome 'Bad Lieutenant' Remake Trailer
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It's almost too obvious that this so-called Bad Lieutenant remake from Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage is destined to become the crack junkie of Netflix a year from now; an instant guilty pleasure -- the sort of film some folks will hate, but some will adore. The original 1992 Bad Lieutenant from Abel Ferrara (and starring Harvey Keitel in the lead) was like a shock to the heart; a gritty, nasty, foul-mouthed dirty cop flick that made you immediately want to take a shower once the end credits began to scroll. This new version, which carries its own original story and isn't a remake (according to Herzog), definitely looks to keep a lot of the nastiness, but injects it with that odd Cagian humor as well. How can you not laugh at Cage when he spits out sentences like, "What, you don't have a lucky crack pipe?" Eva Mendes (reteaming with her Ghost Rider co-star), Val Kilmer and rapper-actor Xzibit also star. If anything, this looks like a fun film for those old school Nicolas Cage fans desperate to see the guy take on non-commercial fare for a change. Herzog fans? I don't know what to tell you; this looks nothing like a Herzog film -- though this "trailer" does look like a promotional tool used to help sell the film (at Cannes?) and not an official, finished (and polished) piece of marketing.
But you be the judge -- we've included the trailer after the jump because it's definitely NSFW. Be warned.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-28-2009 @ 11:18AM
John R said...
Alright. What the hell just happened?
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5-28-2009 @ 11:32AM
ML said...
Maybe I'll wait for the DVD and see a double feature. I've never seen the original.
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5-28-2009 @ 1:59PM
CN said...
The original was Keitel's best performance, and probably Abel Ferrara's best film. HK played it completely unhinged and believable. Hopefully the new one won't be just another twitchy caricature of what Cage has done in the past. Still, I've got faith in Herzog, so I'll see it.
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5-28-2009 @ 2:53PM
SunKing said...
Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant was a masterpiece. This "remake" looks like a bad joke. Why is Herzog doing this?
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5-28-2009 @ 8:57PM
paul said...
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/bad-lieutenant-port-of-new-orleans/trailer
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5-29-2009 @ 4:03AM
Greg said...
Doesn't look half bad, a total B movie for sure
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5-29-2009 @ 11:42AM
Jeffrey said...
At a screening of Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog said that while he intended to make a serious film, he discovered in editing that he had made a bleak black comedy, and was very excited to show the world this unintentional comedy that he had made.
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8-21-2009 @ 4:13PM
thejamminjabber said...
This looks ridiculous, in an awesome kind of way. Herzog knows what he's doing. Best use of Cage since Adaptation.
http://thejamminjabber.com/2009/08/21/werner-herzog-returns-with-a-double-barrel-blast-of-batshit-crazy/
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