Let’s all watch Nicolas Cage claw himself out of debt! Nick  Cage has never been a great actor per se, and he tends to play the same bedraggled hero that you wonder if he'll able to save others in the films before he succumbs into whatever vice his character has. But this character promises to be his best yet.  The synopsis is as follows: In Werner Herzog's new film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs - while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous. Before you pass judgement, there are a few redeeming factors: 1) It’s Warner Herzog, and 2) It may well be the first film made with the Katrina aftermath as a backdrop. Seems like those are reasons enough to go. So go! It opens Nov. 20 in LA here at Mann Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, and AMC Broadway at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. 

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