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Synopsis: A police Lieutenant goes about his daily tasks of investigating homicides, but is more interested in pursuing his vices. He has accumulated a massive debt betting on baseball, and he keeps doubling to try to recover. His bookies are beginning to get agitated. The Lieutenant does copious amounts of drugs, cavorts with prostitutes, and uses his status to take advantage of teenage girls. While investigating a nun's rape, he begins to reflect on his lifestyle.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Abel Ferrara
Production: Aries Films
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
NC-17
Year:
1992
96 min
943 Views


He was chasing them down the block

when l caught up with them.

Get me a Bud, a High Boy.

Make sure it's f***ing cold.

l'll straighten this out.

-This is bullshit, man.

-That's him.

-lt's him. Arrest him. Arrest him.

-How much did they take?

-How much did they take?

-$500.

-You're out of your mind, man.

-Shut your...

What the f***?

Take this guy down to the precinct

and make out a report.

-You'll hae to come with me, sir.

-No.

-Relax. Just relax.

-No, l don't want to go.

-lt's gonna be okay. Just relax.

-No.

Gie me the f***ing money now.

Get the f*** out of here.

Your daddy will be right back.

The door sticks. Just a second.

Wow, you're just on time.

Got some ery, ery fine brown sh*t for you.

Yeah?

Same you loed last time you were here.

No, nobody there. Nobody there.

Here. Where's your pipe?

You ready?

Here.

This one is yours.

Let's see. Where did l put the lighter?

Here's the lighter.

You got a lighter.

l'll light my cigarette.

lt's lit. Oh, my God.

l'll get you a little bit more here.

Gie me a little more.

There you go.

lt's a big pile.

PIease Ieave your message after the beep.

Hi. It's David. TaIk to you Iater.

Hello?

I aIready received it.

Hello? Hello?

Hello?

So with Brett Butler on third

and KaI DanieIs on first,

Strawberry stands in against David Cone.

Cone leaning in for the sign.

He goes to the stretch.

The pitch on the way,

and it's a Iong high bIast

to right center fieId.

ver the fence and off the scoreboard

at Shea Stadium.

Darryl Strawberry trots it out

around the bases,

and he hits one of those moon shots

that have trademarked his career.

Quite a clout, but maybe too little too late.

A Mets 1 1-0 lead is now 1 1-3.

A three-run homer for Strawberry.

His third home run of the series,

and RBIs 10, 1 1 , and 12.

It's 1 1-3, Mets.

No matter how far Strawberry hits a ball,

he cannot drive in enough runs

to get the Dodgers back in this game.

Strawberry with the moon shot

getting congratuIations

in the Dodger dugout.

That brings ric Davis to the pIate,

and right now aII the Dodgers

want to try and do

is cIose the Mets out,

gain some momentum back

going into Game 5.

If they can make a IittIe noise here,

get some offense going...

Gie her a piece of cake. Mom, you okay?

Hae a little bit of cake.

Hey, Strawberry, want a cup of coffee?

Cone into the windup. Here's the first pitch.

Why don't you come here

and hae a cup of coffee with us.

Davis again stepping out.

Looks for the sign.

Steps back in.

You know, Iet's face it, foIks,

I know they got a ways to go yet.

I know they have a ways to go.

But the Dodgers bIew a match point.

-PossibIe man shot, 1 53...

-I'II teII you something right now.

The first one to get is aIways the hardest

to get when you're down by a Iarge...

Confirmed, man shot. 1 53 Jane Street.

Hey, Veronica, baby, what's going on?

There's a ki somewhere in the back seat.

Hey. How you doing?

What we got here is

a black male with his throat cut.

-Somebody look at him?

-Yeah, probably.

-Anybody check the car?

-Not yet.

-l'll check the car.

-All right. Good.

Hey, Sarge.

How are you doing, boss? What do we got?

l'e got a black male with his throat slit.

-lt looks like he's going to...

-Any weapons?

Lieutenant's checking the seat now.

How about any witnesses?

First three uniform guys on the scene

got two, possible relaties.

Let me see what the Lieutenant

wants us to do here.

-What's that?

-Looks like a ki of coke.

Put it in eidence.

Hey, l want you two guys

to go contact yourjunkie friends

oer there on 25th Street till we get up.

You two guys go oer

to them two pawnshops,

see what else we can get from that.

What's going on?

They raped a nun up in Spanish Harlem.

lmagine haing that happen to you.

l would'e killed these motherfuckers.

They took the f***ing chalice.

The host was still in there.

What they want with the host?

What the f*** you think?

What, you think they wanna eat the host?

They wanted to pawn

the f***ing chalice off.

Put up a $50,000 reward.

Leae it to the Catholic Church.

Girls get raped eery day.

Now they're gonna put up 50 Gs

just because these chicks

wear penguin suits.

What is your f***ing problem?

The Church is a racket.

So what? Are you a Catholic?

l'm a Catholic.

Why don't you hae a little bit

of f***ing respect?

Hey, f*** that noise.

How about them Mets?

Bet you won a shitload.

More than you did.

l want to get paid.

What about tomorrow?

What do you guys want to do?

Want to make a bundle?

Leae it all on the Mets.

What, you think they're

going to beat Martinez?

The series has got to last seen games.

You know how much money is riding

on commercial time alone?

A New York/LA team?

When's the last time a series in New York

did not last seen games?

You know the reenue alone

in TV commercials?

Endorsements for the players?

The income it's bringing into the city

for transportation?

There are no f***ing jobs

in New York, are there?

There's no way the series

is gonna end tomorrow.

There's too many people want to milk it

for what it's worth.

Did l steer you wrong yesterday?

You want to make a smart moe?

Leae it on the Mets.

What do you want to do?

l'm in.

Are you a doubter? l'll tell you what, then.

Don't listen to the way

l steered you yesterday.

All right?

So you owe me money.

What do you want to do?

Dr. Sherman, 247. Dr. Sherman, 247.

Can l help you with something?

l'm in charge of the inestigation.

Just checking security.

Security?

Wouldn't want the guys

coming back, would you?

For the nun,

or for you.

Here are the soiled undergarments

and the nun's habit.

They're to be taken by you for eidence.

Now, black pubic hair other than the patient

was found during comb inspection.

Here are the samples of that.

There was trauma to the aginal mucosa

with multiple lacerations

that appear to be made with a sharp object,

in which the hymen membrane was broken.

lt was stated that this object was a crucifix.

Trauma consistent

with multiple penetration.

Three-centimeter laceration.

Let the Mets be upIifted.

Let the Mets have a nice dinner at home.

Let the Mets look

at the post-game highIights

and see base hits aII over the pIace.

ne bullet has been dodged!

Just a coupIe more to go,

and I'II teII you something right now.

The Ionger this series goes,

the Ionger this series goes,

the Dodgers wiII get awfuIIy tight,

and if it somehow gets to a Game 7...

You girls know you're driing

with a taillight out?

-Really?

-Yeah.

No, we didn't know.

But thank you for telling us.

Let me see your license and registration.

Hey.

-Where's your license?

-Actually, l don't hae my license with me.

-You don't?

-No.

-Do you hae a drier's license?

-No.

You don't hae it with you?

Whose car is this?

Listen, this is our father's car.

We don't hae a license.

Yeah?

Does he know you got it?

Yeah.

He does?

Does he know you got the car?

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Zoë Lund

Zoë Tamerlis Lund (February 9, 1962 – April 16, 1999), also known as Zoë Tamerlis and Zoë Tamerlaine, was an American musician, model, actress, author, producer, political activist and screenwriter. She was best known for her association in two films with film director Abel Ferrara: Ms. 45 (1981), in which she starred, and Bad Lieutenant (1992), for which she co-wrote the screenplay. more…

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