Watch At Your Own Risk...
by Elma Gonzalez
This weekend I saw a movie I do not know whether to recommend or not, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans. This movie narrates the life of a Police Lieutenant in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Nicholas Cage plays a detective who is as "devoted to his job as in scoring drugs". He uses his badge and his gun several times to get his way. On top of his own issues, his life is complicated further with his relationship to a prostitute, Eva Mendez, with whom he is in love.
Despite its depressing subject matter the movie is at times quite humorous. Werner Herzog, the director, was able to combine crime and dark humor to build a fun, watchable film, however, one that sets no good example. Terence McDonagh, the main character, is a police officer who many times breaks the law, and receives no retaliation. The movie is in part a critique to the police department for its abuse of power. Port of Call, New Orleans is a dark film, yet one I enjoyed watching.
If you decide to watch Herzog's The Bad Lieutenant, don't go in expecting a an action movie or a comedy; instead prepare for the unexpected.
Runtime: 122 min
MPAA: Rated R for drug use and language throughout, some violence and sexuality.
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