No End Story

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I took my bad cough, my hot tea and I went to a movie with a long title, in which Nicholas Cage plays the main role. He played quite well, so he might be nominated for an Oscar: he is a drug-addicted police lieutenant from New Orleans who suffers from severe back pains. In his delirium generated by his addiction and pains, he sees crocodiles, iguanas, he obtains the drugs illegally through bribes, misusing his authority, but meanwhile he is still capable of making justice in the world and solving his personal problems.

This lieutenant is like a drunk man who can barely walk, but he never falls. He brakes the law, he gets high, he "places" evidences, he threats old ladies, he f**ks rich and drug-addicted ladies on the street, he loses his money in gambling, smokes marijuana in the front of those he arrests, but he is still a hero. He catches the killers, and some drug dealers, and revenges the death of an almost innocent family of illegal aliens. Moreover, he has to deal with some personal issues: an alcoholic dad, an alcoholic and drug-addicted step-mother, a dog, a girlfriend who is a "luxury" prostitute, her clients, a dog and his debts from gambling.

The end is almost a happy-end, Cage swims through life like fish without dreams. But the story is not perfectly built, there are some small mistakes in at least two parts of the movie related to a silver spoon and a "lucky" pipe. At the same time, there are some good characters which are played well, and the dialogues seem real. The end of the movie gives the impression that the script writer wasn't really sure about it, he seems like he played with several "the-ends" and finally he picked up one, randomly, because he had to finish the story.