Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2009 · Directed by Werner Herzog · 122 min · drama film, crime film

★ 6.2/10 · 1,314 ratings on TMDB

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.