After Katrina, police sergeant Terence McDonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an addiction to cocaine and painkillers. Six months later, a family is murdered over drugs; Terence runs the investigation. His drug-using prostitute girlfriend, his alcoholic father’s dog, run-ins with two old women and a well-connected john, gambling losses, a nervous young witness, and thefts of police property put Terence’s job and then his life in danger. He starts seeing things. He wants a big score to get out from under mounting debts, so he joins forces with drug dealers. The murders remain unsolved. A bad lieutenant gets worse.
Release Date: 11 December 2009Runtime: 122 min
Stars:
- Brad Dourif
- Denzel Whitaker
- Eva Mendes
- Fairuza Balk
- Irma P. Hall
- Jennifer Coolidge
- Joe Nemmers
- Michael Shannon
- Nicolas Cage
- Shawn Hatosy
- Shea Whigham
- Tom Bower
- Val Kilmer
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Xzibit
Director: Werner Herzog
