Conrad's TIFF dispatch rolls on alongside special guest Joe Lipsett as they venture into the neon-soaked underworld of Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo – the latest chapter in cinema’s most unlikely franchise, helmed by legendary Japanese auteur Takashi Miike (Audition). Moving the rogue-cop template from Abel Ferrara’s gritty New York and Werner Herzog’s post-Katrina New Orleans to the streets of Japan, the film stars Shun Oguri as a drug-addicted detective drowning in Yakuza debt while investigating a series of gruesome murders. When his path crosses with an ambitious FBI agent played by Lily James, the investigation spirals into a chaotic web of vice, violence, and Miike’s trademark gonzo style. Does this wild neo-noir spin live up to the cult legacy of the Bad Lieutenant moniker, or is it more of a Tokyo drift?
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