New Orleans: German director Werner Herzog shifts away from brooding documentaries for a stab at re-imagining Abel Ferrara 's 1992 cult classic 'Bad Lieutenant.' With Nicholas Cage in the lead role, Herzog's cumbersomely-titled 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' is set amid post-Katrina chaos and tells the story of a drug-addicted cop with a prostitute girlfriend ( Eva Mendes ), who spends the film battling demons personal, criminal and imaginary. Critics are praising Cage's performance for...

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