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TIFF Review: Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo Is a Lazy, Insipid Addition to an Unlikely Franchise

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On paper, hiring Takashi Miike to add his own spin to Bad Lieutenant, an unlikely franchise stemming from Abel Ferrara’s controversial 1992 film, makes perfect sense. Edward R. Pressman, the late producer of the original, made the inspired choice to create a spiritual successor with Werner Herzog in 2009’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New […] The post TIFF Review: Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo Is a Lazy, Insipid Addition to an Unlikely Franchise first appeared on The Film Stage .

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