Bad Lieutenant will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on May 21 via Kino Lorber. Harvey Keitel stars in the 1992 neo-noir crime film.
Abel Ferrara (King of New York, Body Snatchers) directs from a script he co-wrote with Ms. 45 actress Zoë Lund. Victor Argo, Paul Calderón, and Lund are among the supporting cast.
Bad Lieutenant has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision/HDR. Special features are listed below.
Disc 1 - 4K UHD:
Audio commentary by director Abel Ferrera and cinematographer Ken Kelsch
Disc 2 - Blu-ray:
Audio commentary by director Abel Ferrera and cinematographer Ken Kelsch
Interview with cinematographer Ken Kelsch (new)
Bad Neighborhoods: The Locations of Bad Lieutenant (new)
Retrospective Documentary - 2009 featurette with cast and crew
Theatrical trailer
He has survived on the streets for 20 years. He's a gambler, a thief, a junkie, a killer, a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in.
It's like seeing someone for the first time, like you can be passing on the street, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of a recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it. And you always remember it because it was there, and you let it go, and you think to yourself, 'What if I had stopped? What if I had said something?'
The books I'm reading have a culture who simply have a word for 'enemy I'm in love with'. It makes life so much easier! Everyone accepts them for what they are and they don't have to pretend. They just declare someone their 'gadara' and that means that they hate that terrible no good awful enemy person but are also closer to them than their closest friend and everybody had better fucking well show them respect or else. And obviously you can't go around killing someone's gadara, because they've bagsied killing them, if killing them should ever become necessary, which it definitely won't because they're... you know, gadara.
You don't need to care about car culture or have seen any of the Fast and Furious movies to enjoy Fast Five. This action-heist film is packed with excitement, great characters, and dialogue so good "poetry" feels like too ordinary a word. It's not often the fifth entry in a franchise is the best but this series continues to defy all expectations.
After rescuing Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) from his prison sentence, Brian (Paul Walker) and Mia (Jordana Brewster) join him in Rio de Janeiro where they run afoul of a ruthless drug lord (Joaquim de Almeida). To get even, the trio assembles a team of experts that can help them steal $100 million from him. Their operation is complicated by Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), a.U.S. Diplomatic Security Service agent determined to capture the fugitives.
This is a sequel done right. Director Justin Lin retains everyone you liked from before and then gives you more. This is a car-based heist film. Toretto and Brian are the drivers. Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) is the fast-talker. Tej Parker (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) is the man with the connections. Han Seoul-Oh (Sun Kang) blends in anywhere. Gisele Yashar (Gal Gadot) is the weapons expert. The team is topped with Mia and Leo & Santos (Tego Calderón and Don Omar). We even see the return of Matt Schulze as Vince! Most pictures would struggle to fit so many favorites, plus the introduction of some new ones (We’ll get to Dwayne Johnson in a moment) and a plot into a running time of 106 minutes. This film manages to get them all in there in satisfying amounts.
Written by Chris Morgan (whose portfolio is admittedly mixed) and directed by Justin Lin, this is a fast-paced, action-packed adventure. We’re no longer talking about life being lived a quarter of a mile at a time. Instead, it's long chases where people are crashing through windows and bullets fly. The climax? It’s a race down the streets so awesome you don't care how absurd it becomes. The film is simply too entertaining. The instant it's over, you crave more. I never would’ve expected that little gearhead of a movie directed by Rob Cohen way back in 2001 to evolve into this.
One cannot talk about Fast Five without discussing the Luke Hobbs character. Even when he isn’t standing next to his partner, Rio police officer Elena Neves (Elsa Pataky), he’s a giant of muscle and personality. His lines are gold; one-liners so good most action films would be blessed to have one or two. Make sure you don’t forget a notepad and pencil when popping this beauty into your Blu-ray player so you can write them down.
Fast Five is so much fun, and it’s so unexpectedly entertaining those who didn’t drool over the sleek engines and squealing tires in the previous Fast & Furious movies may want to go back and check if their opinions on them have suddenly changed. Some will try to justify this as a mere guilty pleasure because, if you think about it, this part was a little unbelievable, and then there was that other thing... but don’t. Do not waste your time considering the physics of what takes place. Instead, admire how much bang for your buck you get. Fast Five is well worth your time and likely a new favorite for many. (Theatrical version on Blu-ray, September 15, 2018)