Val Kilmer makes a triumphant return to the big screen this week in "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," an off-kilter project befitting Kilmer's reputation as one of Hollywood's biggest head cases.

Will this film - Kilmer's first to get a wide release since 2006's "Déjà Vu" - get the actor back on the Hollywood map or will he continue to toil away in B-movie wilderness for the rest of his career?

The start of Kilmer's decline, it could be argued, began with the ill-fated "The Island of Dr. Moreau," a horrible film that became a running punchline in Hollywood due to the bad boy behavior of both Kilmer and co-star Marlon Brando.

Kilmer switched roles, got the original director fired and remained a difficult presence throughout the troubled shoot. Director John Frankenheimer reportedly said of Kilmer, "I don't like Val Kilmer, I don't like his work ethic, and I don't want to be associated with him ever again."

Of course, this would have all been water under the bridge if the movie was a hit, but it was an all-time bomb, scarring nearly everyone involved in the project.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/18/can_val_kilmer_make_a_comeback_in_hollyw

I'm a huge Kilmer fan and have been waiting for his comeback for a while. Most of his movies do not disappoint me.

If Mickey Rourke can make a comeback, I don't see any reason why Val Kilmer can't! :cool:

If Mickey Rourke can make a comeback, I don't see any reason why Val Kilmer can't! :cool:

Yeah that.

Val does keep busy, although most of his work winds up going directly to DVD.

I hope he gets another shot.

I think Kilmer can make a comeback. He is very talented he just needs a good script.