Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Directed by Werner Herzog
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
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In that moment, Blunt brings together two great Nicolas Cage performances: his Oscar-winning turn as a suicidal alcoholic in "Leaving Las Vegas," and his lunatic eye-bulging in "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans."
The day after a fight with his wife (an excellent Jess Weixler of “Teeth”) — who’s accepted a high-paying job with a pharmaceutical company without discussing it with him first — he calls into work and says she won’t be coming because their infant son has suddenly passed away.