Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 2009
"... I don't do much in the movie. It's a small role. Nic Cage plays the bad lieutenant, I'm the naughty one. Because it filmed in New Orleans, which I love and have been there 10 times since Katrina, and it's outrageous that our government still hasn't helped those people, and you can't believe this is America, I went even though it was originally to be a cameo. Then, for me, director Werner Herzog widened the part." ~Val Kilmer
“I always felt that Val was, along with Robert Downey, Jr., something of a genius, so I had hoped we would work together. There wasn’t enough for us to do together in this movie, so I’m looking forward to doing something else with him at some point.”
~Nicholas Cage
The Only Criminal He Can't Catch is Himself.
Story Abel Ferrara's cultish crime drama Bad Lieutenant is
named after the original film starring Harvey Keitel but this Werner Herzog production focuses on new characters and a revamped plot.
Nicolas Cage steps into Keitel's seedy portrayal of a corrupt and drug-addicted police officer. The story location was originally set in New York City and has been updated to 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.
Cast Nicholas Cage, Terence McDonagh, Eva Mendes,
Val Kilmer, and Xzibit co-star.
Our Two Cents Once again, a very small role for Kilmer. He only has a few scenes and we don't get to hear much from him. The film itself is strange, I am not quite sure what to make of it. I'll have to watch it again.