Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans


Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage), a homicide detective with the New Orleans Police Department, is promoted to Lieutenant after he saves a prisoner from drowning in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

However, during his heroic act, he severely injures his back and is put on prescription pain medication.

A year later, Terence—struggling with his addictions to sex, Vicodin and cocaine—finds himself in the battle to bring down drug dealer Big Fate, who is suspected of massacring an entire family of African immigrants.

The original film which starred Harvey Keitel and was directed by Abel Ferrara from a screenplay by Ferrara and Zoe Lund. The movie is helmed by Werner Herzog.

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Brad Dourif, Shawn Hatosy


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