Bad Lieutenant

...a dire portrait of a rapist, murderer, drug addict, corrupt cop and degenerate paranoid who's very apprehensive about iguanas.

Cage takes to sin like a pig to slop, and it’s a blast to watch him splash around in it.

...the success of this whole shebang relies on its central character’s performance. And here Nicolas Cage delivers in spades. And then delivers some more.

A wildly entertaining off-kilter crime thriller from the dream team pairing of Werner Herzog and Nic Cage.

The singular talents of director Herzog and star Cage coalesce here into something mercurial, creating a movie that is mutable, unpredictable, and, above all, original.