Still weird Cage

Rubie 2022-04-19 09:02:22

Just after watching this movie, I saw the news on IMDB that it was facing a debt lawsuit of more than 30 million US dollars. I really don't understand what he has done in the past few years. Is it bad for investment? Going into debt all over the place and then having to scrape together. Cage gave me a comprehensive look at how a box-office acting star can gradually sink himself into a bad movie. Until "Ghost Rider", he basically made one and I watched one, but after watching "Foreseeing the Future", I couldn't stand it anymore. Except for "National Treasure 2", I didn't bother to watch the others. It's like self-mutilation for a good actor to keep taking bad movies. If "Bad Lieutenant" hadn't won an award in Venice, I wouldn't have watched it.
Fortunately, "Bad Lieutenant" didn't let me down. It gave full play to the crazy and weird characteristics of Cage's classmates. The walking posture for showing low back pain is really good. When watching this film, I suddenly thought of "Block 13", because it is also related to the old police protecting hostages, but when watching Bruce Willis, I mainly read the story, with a little uncle's usual old-fashioned temperament, but watching Cage is different. We have acting skills. It is very enjoyable to watch him get angry every time. He is professional when interrogating prisoners, arrogant when interrogating insiders, vicious when extorting blackmail, affectionate when treating his girlfriend, and crazy when he is taking drugs. ...no one is more suitable for this role than him!
Let's talk about this story, I heard that it is a remake version, and I heard that it is very different from the original version, but I haven't seen the original version, so it's quite interesting to read the story alone. Such a story that makes people miserable, people don't know whether Terence's promotion to deputy captain because of his heroic rescue is a good thing or a bad thing for Terence. I thought the story would go in the direction of "Training Day", but I didn't expect this policeman and Denzel Washington. It doesn't mean the same thing at all, and that's why he went into the water to save people in the first place.
The narrative in the first half of the film is very cute, and it often turns around after saying a rough idea, especially after the insider refuses to cooperate, the police continue to investigate according to the clues obtained this time, just as I am still guessing how Terence pryed When he opened the mouths of those people, his persecution trick was revealed in front of the two old ladies, ah, so it was like this. Not surprising, but the way it's told is lovely, and it's only said when it's really necessary.
The branches of events and the fate of the characters trapped in layers, I thought they had reached a desperate situation, but they could turn around. Depends on ability and luck. Saying that life is like this for a long time, sometimes you think that something big can change your life; sometimes you think it should be a milestone, but it can't change anything. Just live it~

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans quotes

  • Terence McDonagh: Everything I take is prescription - except for the heroin.

  • Terence McDonagh: [to the pharmacist about his prescription] Excuse me, could ya tell me how much longer that's gonna be?

    [pause]

    Terence McDonagh: HELLO, MISS! I'm a lieutenant in the police department! I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION! CAN I GET MY PRESCRIPTION, PLEASE?

    Pharmacist: Do you see I'm on the phone?

    [McDonagh runs behind the counter]

    Pharmacist: Hey, hey... You can't come back here!

    Terence McDonagh: YOU GOT ME WAITING THIRTY MINUTES TO MAKE A FUCKING PERSONAL PHONE CALL!