'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' Trailer: Nic Cage is the Worst Lt. in This Port of Call

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Nicolas Cage gets a lot of guff these days, and not without reason. Look at some of his recent catalog: Knowing? Bangkok Dangerous? National Treasure? National Treasure: Book of Secrets? Next? Ghost Rider? Just reading those titles makes my braintongue feel like it's licked a postage stamp. But those are just poor decisions; they don't necessarily reflect acting ability. I mean, who else can a director seemingly give only the instructions, "act crazy, like how Travolta would" and get whatever this is:

I think this entire movie is Cage's terrible audition reel to take over the role of the Joker.