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Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
7 May 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
5 January 1969, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
28 August 1961, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 August 1982, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
27 November 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
31 December 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 September 1974, Detroit, Michigan, USA
13 June 1965, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
5 November 1968, Greenville, Mississippi, USA
14 November 1949, Amory, Mississippi, USA
30 December 1976, New York City, New York, USA
30 September 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
31 January 1967, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
February 17, 2014
Herzog wades deep into the swampy funk of New Orleans, which in this post-Katrina setting might as well be an end-of-the-world movie. He's clearly turned on by [its] weirdness, the casual corruption, the gangsterism and the Southern Gothic outrageousnes.December 30, 2009
Cage, who usually goes gonzo with gusto, underplays this monster. That spoils the fun.December 18, 2009
Nicolas Cage is out of his mind in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -- New Orleans. And it's wonderful to see.February 02, 2011
Is redemption possible for this bad lieutenant? At one point, he orders that a dead man be shot again because "his soul is still dancing." If you find God in that line, then welcome to your movie heaven.November 29, 2009
Nicolas Cage is so gleefully over-the-top as the troubled cop of the title that you will either be repulsed or fascinated by his performance and, since it lives or dies by it, the movie itself.April 04, 2011
[Cage is] hilarious, scary, contorted, mournful, mean and weirdly, monstrously lovable -- the perfect actor to work with one of the world's most stubborn, bold, idiosyncratic filmmakers.February 22, 2011
Nicolas Cage's deliriously unhinged portrayal of the film's titular bent cop ranks right up there with his most memorably off-kilter performances.July 26, 2011
If Herzog had chosen realism over surrealism, this film would have been predictable and unentertaining. As it is, I found it oddly captivating. This is one weird movie.June 14, 2013
Sometimes a scene is a set up for a future plot twist, and sometimes Werner Herzog just wants to film some alligators. Who knows what'll happen? It's like filling your underpants with salamanders.May 20, 2010
In fusing European experimentalism and Hollywood boldness, Herzog has created a genuine oddity, a furious and unforgettable hybrid which may well prove to be 2010's most purely enjoyable moviegoing experience.November 25, 2009
Like the late Klaus Kinski, who so often played crazies in Herzog's earlier movies, Cage is in your face all the way. Laughing maniacally, lying with no sign of a conscience, he pushes the character's frequent tantrums beyond over-the-top.