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Plot Summary
He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He's a gambler...a thief...a junkie...a killer and a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth his self-destructive past is closing in. Harvey Keitel gives a searing performance as an out-of-control police detective on a collision course with disaster in director Abel Ferrara's brilliant and deeply disturbing melodrama.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
77%- Reviews Counted: 39
- Fresh: 30
- Rotten: 9
- Average Rating: 7.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: When Abel Ferrara calls something bad, better believe it: he means business.
Fresh: Bad Lieutenant is finally a pulp parable of sin, addiction, and redemption, a movie that, like its subversive hero, revels in the pleasure -- and danger -- of going too far.
Fresh: Abel Ferrara's uncompromising Bad Lieutenant is a harrowing journey with a corrupt N.Y. cop sinking into the lower depths.
Rotten: Members of the gutter-al elite will be the sole survivors.
Customer Reviews
Lame.
This is the edited version with five minutes cut out. Rent the NC-17 version on Netflix or your local independent video store.
Great....but cut
This is a great, great film. But do be aware that this is a cut version available on iTunes. The shocking scene where Keitel stops the two teenage girls in their car has been particularly harshly cut, presumably for a TV audience.
Amazing.
This is in the true spirt of independent films. Harvey Keitel gives a beautiful showboat of a performance in this film. He is simply amazing, as is the story of self destruction and redemption. I would not reccomend this version though, if you truly want to subject yourself to this brilliant piece of art, you need to check out the NC-17 version.
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