UPDATED: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - Trailer for Werner Herzog's new film starring Cage

More Cage action. Watch him shout, point and look confused.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is the new Werner Herzog film that continues from Harvey Keitel's version. Apparantly it is not a remake.

Judging by this trailer they haven't really any idea what they wanted to do with the film. All in all it looks a bit of a mess.

It stars Nic Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes and, wait for it, Xzibit.

Remember, Nic Cage and Eva Mendes last starred together in Ghost Rider.

Cage's best acting role before this was posted recently (you have to watch it), but this may take first place.

Update: The video should now work again

What did you think of that? Will The Sorcerer's Apprentice or Kick-Ass finally lift the bad film curse that Nic Cage seems to currently be under?

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Bad Lieutenent Remake - Who's In?

The genius filmmaker that is Werner Herzog (Rescue Dawn, Encounters at the End of the World, and the brilliant Grizzly Man) is doing a sort of remake of the 1992 movie, Bad Lieutenent. It's going to have Nicholas Cage as the Harvey Keitel character and will also star Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer and Xzibit who'll play a bad guy called Big Fade.

The full title will be Bad Lieutenent: Port of Call New Orleans (which is a bit of a mouthful). Herzog reckons it will be more of a ongoing story as opposed to an out and out remake. He goes on to say, ""There's an interesting screenplay, [and] it's a very, very dark story. It's great because it seems to reflect a side of the collective psyche — sometimes there are just good times for film noir."

Nicholas Cage has had a bit of a crappy run with his last few movies. I'm trying to think of the last one of his I really enjoyed and it's going to have to be either Matchstick Men (although he was his usual collection of ticks and shouting, but that was also the character he was playing) or National Treasure. Plus Bangkok Dangerous just has a stupid name! I wonder if his performance is tied into the length of his hair, kind of like a negative Samson?

The original Harvey Keitel movie was dirty and messed up in a good way. I'm curious to see which way this one will go. Production is scheduled to begin later this summer for an expected 2009 release.