New Orleans Adult Entertainment: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Review
December 1, 2009
The rest of the cast performs well, but it’s hard to tell as they are overshadowed. Eva Mendes reunites with Cage and plays a prostitute who is also addicted to the same drugs he uses. Val Kilmer plays Cage’s sometimes partner who is a bad cop long before McDonagh steps into that role. We also have Xzibit and Brad Dourif in supporting roles. If you think that’s a bizarre ensemble, you’re right. But somehow in this movie it works. Dourif doesn’t do much in the film but he puts 100% into what he gets. Xzibit plays a standard drug dealer. He doesn’t do poorly, but he does nothing to distinguish himself from any other actor that could have played the role. As I’ve mentioned, next to Nic Cage and his zany performance, it doesn’t really matter. He casts a large shadow over this movie and makes it all about him…similar to McDonagh attempting to make everything he does benefit him.
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