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Harvey Keitel stars as a nameless New York cop, hopelessy addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex, in this intense, hallucinatory portrait of sin and redemption by Abel Ferrara. The film follows the lieutenant as he makes his way to various crime scenes, concerned only with taking bets from his fellow cops on the outcome of the .. Read more

Starring	Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Paul Calderon, Leonard Thomas
Director	Abel Ferrara
Genres	Drama

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  Harvey Keitel delivers his greatest performance in this bleak drama
  
  Few actors have proved as willing to accept challenging, risky roles as Harvey Keitel. Other actors have achieved more fame, won more awards and made bigger ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 05 May 2004 at 21:35
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  A Dark Classic: High Priority
  
  Abel Ferrara may not be a household name, but Bad Lieutenant is a cult classic that demonstrates Keitel is up there with the likes of De Niro and Pacino. ... read more »
  
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- 1122010
- - StanleyHTweedle
  - 9 reviews
  - 27 May 2012 at 23:28
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  Dont waste your time
  
  This film is total boredom from start to finish. Outdated, poorly filmed and with no story to identify whats actually going on.
  
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- - a customer
  - 23 Feb 2012 at 23:48
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  Sleaze with a capital S
  
  Abel Ferrara’s controversial film about a NY cop on a downward spiral with gambling, drinking and drug-taking whilst going about his job.
  
  Harvey... read more »
  
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- - Bassman71
  - 459 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 27 Jan 2012 at 13:10
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  The original bad cop.
  
  Hadn't seen this film for years. Thought i'd go back to it after watching the great Werner herzog version recently. To be honest I prefer Herzog (with ... read more »
  
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- 1082705
- - gingerspike
  - 289 reviews
  - Grimsby
  - 16 Jan 2012 at 23:49
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  Still bad after all these years
  
  Havent seen this film for years, so watched it again with great interest. It still a great film, as its shocking and gripping and the storyline is great.
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  - 16 Jan 2012 at 21:31
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  Keitel is on form
  
  Harvey Keitel delivers a performance that seems all to real. The story may drag on in parts. But the over all message of the film is not clouded. Dealing with ... read more »
  
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- - Markdini
  - 15 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Jan 2012 at 21:57
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  Very bad lieutenant
  
  Gloomy, yes, and unwatchable because the acting and setting were so dispiriting, so degraded and so well done. The final act was well played if only slightly ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Jan 2012 at 23:02
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  - 5
  utter rubbish
  
  I wouldnt really give it any stars, I never turn a film off or dont finish a book but this was horrible, theres nothing good to say about it really Im sfraid, ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Oct 2011 at 15:58
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  - 2
  Better things to do on a Saturday night
  
  Awful film - couldn't work out the story line, couldn't get into it, far too dark and weird gave up after 20 minutes
  
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- - Petals
  - 1 review
  - 24 Sep 2011 at 11:10
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  Depravity--suitable for drug aversion-therapy
  
  Bad Lieutenant (Director Abel Ferrara)
  
  “90 mins, starring Harvey Keitel, NY cop,… hopelessly addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex, in this ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Picaro
  - 67 reviews
  - Bangor
  - 06 Sep 2011 at 15:29
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  - 2
  Harvey Keitel delivers his greatest performance in this bleak drama
  
  Few actors have proved as willing to accept challenging, risky roles as Harvey Keitel. Other actors have achieved more fame, won more awards and made bigger ... read more »
  
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- 5441
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 05 May 2004 at 21:35
- - 9
  - 3
  Thoroughly depressing...
  
  A good performance from Keitel but what a totally bleak film lacking any form of entertainment value. Who need/wants to see films like this?
  
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  - London
  - 16 Jun 2007 at 12:50
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  RAW
  
  This is a great raw piece of cinema from director Abel Ferria. Very dark and gritty. If your a Fan of Harvey Kietel, this is a must. 8/10 but not for the ... read more »
  
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- - Jace
  - Midlothian
  - 16 Sep 2004 at 17:30
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  Terrible
  
  Unless you're turned on by the idea of a full frontal of Harvey Keitel (ugh), you'll do better to watch Bob the Builder or something. There are so many ... read more »
  
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- - Nick666
  - West Yorkshire
  - 22 Sep 2004 at 21:34
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  More like
  
  This has to be one of the worse movies I have watched in a long time. The acting of the Lieutenant falling further and further into degregation was well done ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Brancaster, Norfolk
  - 02 Feb 2005 at 11:49
- - 4
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  Terrible
  
  I thought this film was terrible. The characters were believeable and well acted but the plot, if you can call it that, was paper thin and the violence had no ... read more »
  
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- - JohnnyMac1
  - London
  - 26 Oct 2005 at 08:47
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  This movie was a ...
  
  This movie was a disappointment from beginning to end. All the film showed was a bad cop who had a drug addiction and snorted coke all the way through the movie... read more »
  
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- - hellicar#1
  - LINCOLN
  - 21 Dec 2003 at 11:52
- - 5
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  Bad in more ways than one!
  
  Awful awful awful.
  
  I was warned this was dire, but went ahead and watched it anyway.
  
  Watching the advert channel would be more ... read more »
  
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- - Steve1962
  - Ceredigion
  - 24 Sep 2004 at 13:00
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  Great Keitel Performance
  
  Bad Lieutenant caused an amount of controversy when it was released in the early nineties, due to a melange of sex, drugs, rape, language, violence and religion... read more »
  
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- - Adam H.
  - Dorset
  - 15 Mar 2005 at 21:02
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  Bad Lieutenant Does Good
  
  One of the greatest Hollywood injustices of the 20th century was that Harvey Keitel did not get an Oscar for, what is arguably, one of the finest screen ... read more »
  
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- - Jonus
  - GLASGOW
  - 17 Sep 2006 at 02:39

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  Harvey Keitel stars as a nameless New York cop, hopelessy addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex, in this intense, hallucinatory portrait of sin and redemption by Abel Ferrara. The film follows the lieutenant as he makes his way to various crime scenes, concerned only with taking bets from his fellow ...

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  Harvey Keitel stars as a nameless New York cop, hopelessy addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex, in this intense, hallucinatory portrait of sin and redemption by Abel Ferrara. The film follows the lieutenant as he makes his way to various crime scenes, concerned only with taking bets from his fellow ...