Volume 44 • Issue 23
The Crow’s Nest • 5
Entertainment
Movie Review: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
By Andrew Silverstein Staff Writer asilvers@mail.usf.edu
“Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” is one really good bad movie. It is brutal, gritty, and pretty disturbing at times, but, all the while, strangely captivating: like a backyard fistfight… or a night out with Linday Lohan. The story begins in what we can assume is New Orleans right after, like right after, Hurricane Katrina hit. Terrance Mcdonaugh (Nicolas Cage) and his partner Stevie Pruit (Val Kilmer) are investigating a flooded and mostly evacuated prison. Mcdonaugh tries to save a prisoner slowly being consumed by the rising flood waters, but injures his back in the process, soon gaining a promotion to lieutenant and a doctor-prescribed, endless supply of painkillers; key elements that propel Mcdonaugh through this whirlwind of a film.
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Mcdonaugh is the obvious lynchpin of this film. Each arc or twist in the story line is a direct result of McDonaugh’s fervent, drug-addled
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April 7 Carl Wilkens: Witness to Genocide Noon - 1 p.m. Davis 130 Wilkens will share his first hand experience on genocide in Rwanda. He will focus on the courage and resilence he witnessed from people facing horrendous choices in the middle of unimaginable slaughter. Refreshments will be served!!!
Bull Idol 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Coquina Cafe Karaoke Fun for The Singers, The William Hungs, And Everyone Inbetween. Pizza Will be Served!!! Prizes Will Be Awarded To The Best Acts!!!
Home Stand Season Opener: TB Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles 7:10 p.m. Tropicana Field
conquests or another outside force having some kind of effect on him. Mcdonaugh is also a clear-cut sociopath. Key characters, friends of Mcdonaugh’s, are played like cheap arcade games by him throughout the film. Nothing matters to Mcdonaugh but himself. He will not stop till he gets his fix, be it drugs or just solving a case to look good to his superiors. Nicholas Cage really does a brilliant job as the bad lieutenant. While Cage had trouble hitting his acting stride in, well, nearly every performance prior to this, he fits this role incredibly well, almost too well. While it is funny to laugh at how bad he is at playing the sensitive dad in “Family Man”, or an unintentionally crazy cop in “Wicker Man”, it is just mesmerizing to see him spiral downward like this. It is almost like you are watching him suffer for all these terrible movies he has done.
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Nicholas Cage just does crazy well. What will probably irk most people about Bad Lieutenant is the fact that there is really no one to root for throughout. The film is more spectacle than relatable story, but, even so, still finds a way to work. Director Werner Herzog probably deserves the credit for some of this. While he could have easily made “Bad Lieutenant” a simple, quick-cut, action flick, he crafts the film with the care and unapologetic creativity of some of modern film’s most visionary directors. It definitely will not be for everyone, but if you are not hell-bent on finding some deep, emotional connection in every film you see and can suspend some disbelief for a couple hours, “Bad Lieutenant” is one awesomely bad ride.
April 9 Clothes to Kids 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Coliseum
April 10 Tampa Bay Blues Festival Noon - 10 p.m. Vinoy Park
Tampa Bay Blues Festival Noon - 10 p.m. Vinoy Park
Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees 3:10 p.m. Tropicana Field
Relay for Life 6 p.m. 570 Carillon Parkway
Drum Circle 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. The Pier
Honor or remember someone at Relay For Life with a luminaria for the American Cancer Society.
Pop Series: A Century of Broadway 8 - 10 p.m. Mahaffey Theater
St. Pete Shuffle 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Courts, 559 Mirror Lake Dr. N. Come out and enjoy a hip twist to an old game under the stars.
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Jeff Tyzik, conductor Christiane Noll, vocalist Doug LaBrecque, vocalist With hits spanning from George M. Cohan to Andrew Lloyd Webber, it's a celebration of a century of Broadway's best.
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Butterfly Festival 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunken Gardens Tampa Bay Blues Festival Noon - 10 p.m. Vinoy Park Music Fest on the Water 1 - 4 p.m. The Pier Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees 1:40 p.m. Tropicana Field