The Bad Lieutenant

Directed by Werner Herzog

Inimitable director Werner Herzog returns with his own special take on film noir. Nicholas Cage stars as a rogue detective who in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina becomes a high-functioning addict, reigning over the ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon.

Screening for at least 2 weeks

REVIEWS

“Both director and actor risk making asses of themselves. But, in a world that is already full of conventional, straitlaced cop movies, a film as preposterous as this arrives as a tonic: an object lesson in how to take a routine assignment and subvert it.” Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent

“Werner Herzog’s loopy and improbably entertaining remake of the 1992 Abel Ferrara dark-side-of-everything cult classic… doesn’t go where you expect, but it has a stubborn, trippy logic.” Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Duration:
122 minutes

Languages:
English

Country of origin:
USA

Year of production:
2009