Today we have a new trailer for Werner Herzog‘s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” remake of sorts of Abel Ferrara‘s infamous 1992 film, starring Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit and Fairuza Balk.
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. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.
Eva Mendes and Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
“Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans” opens November 20th, 2009.
