There’s nothing about this team-up between Cage and director Werner Herzog that isn’t at least a bit askew, starting with its title. Other than the central figure of a crooked cop, there’s no meaningful connection to Abel Ferrera’s 1992 erotic crime drama Bad Lieutenant; Herzog claimed to have never seen it, and it’s not entirely clear to me why this would have been positioned as a sequel to a (reasonably good) film that most viewers had long forgotten. Then there’s the film itself: an over-the-top celebration of sleaze that borders on camp but somehow manages to say quite a bit about police corruption in the broader context of American life. If it were in doubt before, this was likely the moment when it became clear that Cage can turn in a brilliant performance when playing character who’d be a cartoon if portrayed by any other actor.
Nicholas Cage Intensity Rating: Averages out to a 7
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