Takashi Miike took to the stage at the world premiere of his new film Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo like a rock star. “I’m Miike” he roared. “I’m back!” Which is immediately funny, because he’s never, ever ...

Dramatizing a police procedural by including a good cop/bad cop scenario has become almost commonplace. Unfortunately, played for laughs (i.e., exaggerated), such scenesundercut the fact that used ...