Bad Lieutenant ( * * * )
"How 'bout you do a little something for me, I'll do a little something for you."
The Acting: Keitel--and his weiner--act up a storm in this deeply, deeply fucked up and disturbing Abel Ferrara joint. Harvey Keitel takes every form of drug known to man while cruising the city fucking up police investigations and gambling his life away. It's an incredibly powerful performance.
The Story: A nun gets raped and Bad Lieutenant is on the case. But he's too busy losing his shirt over the World Series and cursing Darryl Strawberry and shooting his radio to think straight, and he wakes up in weird places. When he's on the job, he steals and threatens people's lives, even blackmails two high school girls in a car into simulating a blowjob for him while he jerks off on their door. What a guy. When he finds the rapists (after having a protracted, angry discussion with Jesus in a church where he asks our lord, "where were you?") he proceeds to...well, it's kind of a twist ending, so I won't give it away.
The Direction: I like Abel Ferrara. Watching this movie is like taking a beating, but in a good kind of way. His King of New York features a terrific performance by Christopher Walken. Hell, he even directed the pilot episode of Michael Mann's Crime Story, probably the best show of the 1980's.
Overall: To quote Keitel: WooowOOoowOWooowoOOOOO!
Tredekka Rules:
The Acting: Keitel--and his weiner--act up a storm in this deeply, deeply fucked up and disturbing Abel Ferrara joint. Harvey Keitel takes every form of drug known to man while cruising the city fucking up police investigations and gambling his life away. It's an incredibly powerful performance.
The Story: A nun gets raped and Bad Lieutenant is on the case. But he's too busy losing his shirt over the World Series and cursing Darryl Strawberry and shooting his radio to think straight, and he wakes up in weird places. When he's on the job, he steals and threatens people's lives, even blackmails two high school girls in a car into simulating a blowjob for him while he jerks off on their door. What a guy. When he finds the rapists (after having a protracted, angry discussion with Jesus in a church where he asks our lord, "where were you?") he proceeds to...well, it's kind of a twist ending, so I won't give it away.
The Direction: I like Abel Ferrara. Watching this movie is like taking a beating, but in a good kind of way. His King of New York features a terrific performance by Christopher Walken. Hell, he even directed the pilot episode of Michael Mann's Crime Story, probably the best show of the 1980's.
Overall: To quote Keitel: WooowOOoowOWooowoOOOOO!
Tredekka Rules:
- Rule 6: Over The Top Acting Award--Keitel gets +5 stars. His performance is nothing short of groundbreaking.
- Rule 38: The "Blind Me Now" Penalty--full-on Keitel nudity is -1 for showing a naked dude, plus another -1 for the fact that it's frontal. But props to the man for fearlessness, cuz he ain't really showin' off.
Tredekka Score: ( * * * )
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