From Variety · Siddhant Adlakha · · 50s
Miike's 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo' falls flat
Takashi Miike's remake of the neo-noir classic can't get its story off the ground.
In brief
Takashi Miike's remake of the neo-noir classic can't get its story off the ground. Miike's 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo' suffers from a disjointed structure that introduces too many characters and subplots without resolving them. Originally reported by Variety.
Second remake of a classic
This is the second re-imagining of Abel Ferrara's 1992 neo-noir starring Harvey Keitel.
Miike takes it to Tokyo
Takashi Miike's version borrows the broad strokes of the original but tells its own Yakuza-centric story.
The story never gets going
The film's Yakuza tale never fully takes off, leaving viewers with a baffling experience.
Too many characters, too fast
A stop-start approach introduces numerous characters and subplots before existing ones can be resolved or even started.
Overstuffed yet empty
The film is paradoxically overstuffed with elements, yet little of note actually occurs.
“a paradoxically overstuffed sequel where little of note occurs”
The short version
Miike's 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo' suffers from a disjointed structure that introduces too many characters and subplots without resolving them.
