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Film Review: 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo' Fails to Impress

Updated 2026-09-16 12:10 UTC 1 source Negative

Takashi Miike's remake of 'Bad Lieutenant' is a disappointing entry in the franchise. The film, which borrows elements from the original but tells its own Yakuza-centric story, fails to capture the essence of the source material and leaves audiences unimpressed.

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‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ Review: Takashi Miike’s Loose Remake is a Complete Nonstarter

The second re-imagining of “Bad Lieutenant” — Abel Ferrara’s 1992 neo-noir starring Harvey Keitel — Takashi Miike’s baffling “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” borrows the broad strokes of the original, but tells its own Yakuza-centric story that never fully gets going. Its stop-start approach sees numerous ch

2026-09-16 11:57 UTC