Kilmer, Xzibit Get "Bad"

I had to check and see the last film Val Kilmer did, because it seems like he’s been absent lately. Sure enough, he’s done some. I just haven’t seen any of them: Delgo, Conspiracy, and Columbus Day, to name a few.

He must be running short on cash, because he has a slew of movies coming up. Check out his IMDB.com page.

Now Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Vondie Curtis Hall, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker and Xzibit are set to join Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendez in Werner Herzog’s cop drama “Bad Lieutenant.”

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I must be really out of it, because The Hollywood Reporter is calling this a remake of a cult classic (Abel Ferrara), and I’ve never even heard of it. The original 1992 film followed the adventures of a corrupt cop (Harvey Keitel) investigating the rape of a nun. The new film will feature Cage as the crooked cop and capture the spirit of the original, with the protagonist’s drug intake, accepting sexual favors as bribes and other elements that endeared so many to the 1992 version.

Wow, I’m having a not-welcome flashback to Training Day, that awful film with Denzel Washington as the bad cop. Ok, it wasn’t awful, but it was kind of a sick and twisted movie, and I just didn’t like it.

Hope this movie is better. Sure lots of talent involved. Filming is set to begin later this summer. My favorite Val Kilmer role? Doc Holliday in Tombstone, hands down.

Image: Val Kilmer, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2005