Bad lieutenant/The killer inside me

[The Driver]

Bad Lieutenant/The Killer Inside Me

Good idea, that. Put 2 crap B-grade films in the one thread. Less forum space used.

Review of Killer UK Blu-ray http://www.avforums.com/movies/The-K...-Sep-2010.html

I sat down to watch that with great hope (truly fab cast and very interesting director) and was sorely let down. It was a complete disaster of a film. Everything about it I think stunk to high heaven. Real shame.

As for Nic Cage, well he's got the worst hair on the West Coast of the USA and he keeps picking bad scripts with even worse producers and distributors. A really bad put together film and unlike his hair Cage is all over the place with his acting. He can be a great screen actor but not here I'm afraid. 1/10 for the UK lenticular case.

Review of BLPOCNO (or BLPOCNO for short) UK Blu-ray http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.co.uk/content/id/73127/

And shame on the producers of BLPOCNO trying to link a POS to the great (and serious) Abel Ferrara classic

[samdaman94]

Originally Posted by The Driver

Bad Lieutenant/The Killer Inside Me

Good idea, that. Put 2 crap B-grade films in the one thread. Less forum space used.

Review of Killer UK Blu-ray http://www.avforums.com/movies/The-K...-Sep-2010.html

I sat down to watch that with great hope (truly fab cast and very interesting director) and was sorely let down. It was a complete disaster of a film. Everything about it I think stunk to high heaven. Real shame.

As for Nic Cage, well he's got the worst hair on the West Coast of the USA and he keeps picking bad scripts with even worse producers and distributors. A really bad put together film and unlike his hair Cage is all over the place with his acting. He can be a great screen actor but not here I'm afraid. 1/10 for the UK lenticular case.

Review of BLPOCNO (or BLPOCNO for short) UK Blu-ray http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.co.uk/content/id/73127/

And shame on the producers of BLPOCNO trying to link a POS to the great (and serious) Abel Ferrara classic

Alot of people liked Bad Lieutenant. For one, Empire gave it 5 stars. I'm pretty sure it has an average score of like 80-something% on rotten tomatoes, too.

...I have no idea what point I'm trying to make here. As for Killer Inside Me, I fancied seeing that but maybe I'll wait til it's abit cheaper now.

[Dickieduvet]

Enjoyed both Films, Thought BL was better, Cage was excellent. Killer was pretty brutal in places, Not sure how much rewatch value it has though.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by Dickieduvet

Enjoyed both Films, Thought BL was better, Cage was excellent. Killer was pretty brutal in places, Not sure how much rewatch value it has though.

I feel the same about TKIM. I thought it was a beautiful looking film, and Affleck is amazing in the role, but the sheer brutality has put me off of buying it.

[The Driver]

Yes, maybe I am being harsh with BLPOCNO but I genuinely thought it was a badly made film. I laughed several times and if I'd seen it at the cinema I would have walked out. I'm never happy if a film steals my time. However, I will watch it again soon.

TKIM, terrible direction or script? It looked great and I liked the cast but something was very wrong with it. Maybe it ws made 30 years too late ie we'd seen all the violence and pervision done well from the likes of David Lynch. I didn't like or relate to anyone either. Even in the darkest of Lynchian moments you have someone/something to hold on to. Affleck (who I like very much) may have been out of his league here too. Great to see Ned Beatty back (again though his part did not ring true for me).

[CJPowers]

I haven't seen The Killer Inside Me, so I couldn't possibly comment on it. I have seen Bad Lieutenant though and I loved every second of it, brilliant movie. Arguably Cage's best performance since Leaving Las Vegas. Funny as hell in places too.

The BD is a solid disc too, even the slipcase

[psx3man]

Just finished watching TKIM and maybe its just me but i thought the movie was terrible. I still don't know what the point of the movie even is.

[Show spoiler]I just don't undestand why he killed the girl when he was saying how much he loved her and couldn't stop thinking of her. And then kill her again at the end.

I have never read the book so maybe this movie is for people who have read the book.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by samdaman94

Alot of people liked Bad Lieutenant. For one, Empire gave it 5 stars. I'm pretty sure it has an average score of like 80-something% on rotten tomatoes, too.

...I have no idea what point I'm trying to make here. As for Killer Inside Me, I fancied seeing that but maybe I'll wait til it's abit cheaper now.

Yep, Bad Lieutenant has a RT score of 86%. Ebert named it in his best of the decade, as you say, Empire gave it 5 stars, and both Bradshaw and Brooks gave it 4 stars in The Guardian (Bradshaw being a particularly difficult critic). Sight and Sound gave it the cover story too, which is rare for a film of this ilk.

So yeah, for The Driver to refer to it as a POS is completely unfair. Fair enough, you may not have liked it, but it was generally well received.

Incidentally, the Ferrera Bad Lieutenant has a significantly lower RT score to Herzog's film (76%).