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Not really a remake. Werner Herzog took the title and I think similar premise and ran with it. I've heard it's way different from the first. The title of the "remake" is - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
From Wiki - "It appears to borrow superficially from Abel Ferrara's 1992 film, Bad Lieutenant, which featured a crooked cop (Harvey Keitel), who is a drug addict and takes sexual favors as bribes.[5] The film's director, however, insists that it is not a sequel or a remake"
I haven't seen either though, I've been meaning to.
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I liked it better than the Keitel version. I thought Nick brought a more dynamic energy to the latest version of this movie. The Keitel version was rather boring to me, and forgettable.
Is that what I said? At all? No. I said that the fact that it's getting positive reviews is another reason for me to check it out. It's not rocket science. Go be a dick elsewhere.
Also, rottentomatoes doesn't even GIVE reviews, they collect an assortment from several critics.
I thought the movie itself was a bit of a mess. It had a plot, and such, but it felt like it wasn't very... I dunno. Just not put together very well.
One thing i will say, though: I thought Cage was excellent. I've seen some pretty bad shit he's been in, but this, i thought he showed that he actually has some talent for acting, if not for picking roles.
The movie wasn't as good as the first movie, with Keitel. But I found the movie entertaining and actually found Cage to be decent (I normally can't stand the man). The story was pretty interesting, and it had some nice camera work. I really enjoyed the whole lizard thing when Cage was tripping, funny stuff. I liked the movie... but obviously it's not one of Herzog's best.
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