One of the most memorable films of recent memory...

Whether you loved it or hated, you have to admit its a very unique and memorable film. It's one of the strangest films I've ever seen, and I'm a big fan of notoriously weird directors like Lynch and Jodorowsky, but this is weird on a different level, as it's a fairly standard police story filled with clichés but has the occasional taste of madness throughout. The first 3/4 of it is very similar to the original Bad Lieutenant but with Cage's extremely over the top acting giving it a more absurd feel. It abruptly starts going into these Lynchian like shots of iguanas with old timey music playing, which makes you wonder what the directors intentions are, is this a portrayal of Cage's lucid mind or is this just the director throwing the audience a curveball, something this film does a few times. For example, the whole film is building up to Mcdonagh's wreckless behavior getting him killed(exactly how the first one ended), but just near the end they have one hazily written scene where all the major plot points are instantly resolved. It's like the director spanking you for thinking you knew where this was going. Then it has a very cryptic ending. It's very uncompromising, it's refusal to be what you expect makes it really stand out.

"Panic.It crept up my spine like first rising vibes of an acid frenzy."-raoul duke