Contrary to popular belief I do not hate everything. Almost everything, but not everything.
These posts are dedicated to those rare movies I didn’t hate and would even go so far as to recommend to others.
This is a recommendation for those King of New York fans out there. Now I won’t claim that this movie will live up to the mythical status of King of New York, but I will say that if you love one of these movies you’ll at least like the other.
I recommend Bad Lieutenant (1992)
This movie may be hard to find. Probably not at your local Blockbuster nor Blockbuster Online (I looked there). Apparently Blockbuster had a policy prohibiting the purchase and rental of NC-17 movies so there was an R rated cut which is 5 min shorter. I found the NC-17 version on Netflix though.
From Abel Ferrara (director of The King of New York) Harvey Keitel plays an NYPD detective who compulsively places outlandish bets he can't cover, sticks needles in his arm and shoots up, snorts coke seconds after dropping his kids off at school, cavorts nakedly and drunkenly with prostitutes and masturbates in front of teenage girls. Meanwhile, he's investigating the brutal rape of a nun.
Rated NC-17 and includes nearly as much drug use as Fear & Loathing or Requiem for a Dream.
These posts are dedicated to those rare movies I didn’t hate and would even go so far as to recommend to others.
This is a recommendation for those King of New York fans out there. Now I won’t claim that this movie will live up to the mythical status of King of New York, but I will say that if you love one of these movies you’ll at least like the other.
I recommend Bad Lieutenant (1992)
This movie may be hard to find. Probably not at your local Blockbuster nor Blockbuster Online (I looked there). Apparently Blockbuster had a policy prohibiting the purchase and rental of NC-17 movies so there was an R rated cut which is 5 min shorter. I found the NC-17 version on Netflix though.
From Abel Ferrara (director of The King of New York) Harvey Keitel plays an NYPD detective who compulsively places outlandish bets he can't cover, sticks needles in his arm and shoots up, snorts coke seconds after dropping his kids off at school, cavorts nakedly and drunkenly with prostitutes and masturbates in front of teenage girls. Meanwhile, he's investigating the brutal rape of a nun.
Rated NC-17 and includes nearly as much drug use as Fear & Loathing or Requiem for a Dream.
