Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

SnoopyStyle It's 1983. Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter (Willem Dafoe) and his team's investigation leads to a powerful white power criminal organization. He arrests hardened criminal Jesse Weiland (Matt Dillon). While in prison, Jesse agrees to cooperate and reveals a hit-list against the authorities.This cast is amazing. Obviously, director Chris Brinker got his Boondock Saints alum Willem Dafoe in addition to a few favors being called in. It's Brinker directing debut and his death before finishing post production does not help the product. There are various issues. This is suppose to be based on a real story at a time and a place. The movie does not exude that time or place. They have the cars but the rest is not quite there. The easiest way to set up a time is the music and TV. The budget probably limits that and the songs are generic country rock. The story flow is a bit disrupted. It is ultimately saved by the veteran cast who brings a sense of menace in this crime noir B-movie. Any deficiencies are relieved by the actors' great work.

The Couchpotatoes If you look for an easy to watch action drama then look no further. Bad Country clearly deserves more than it's actual ratings. People that write bad reviews about this movie clearly didn't get the point that it's a police versus bad guys movie. In this genre it's a good movie. If you don't see that then you should watch other genres like rom-coms or so, that will fit you better. The cast is full of good actors and they all did well in their respective characters. The two lead roles are for Willem Dafoe and Matt Dillon and besides their wrong mustaches I can't say anything bad about their acting performances. The surroundings of the sweaty Bayou, the fast paced action scenes and the excellent cast makes Bad Country a good movie to watch.

tiger jack Let's get one thing straight: I rely heavily on IMDb average score and reviews. I could say that 9/10 times, IMDb has very accurately reflected the quality of any particular film. However, on the off occasion, it is an extremely non reliable source. In this instance, with Bad Country, I can't understand for the life of me the IMDb score and (some) of the really bad reviews. A movie with its kind of caliber deserves at the bare MINIMUM an average IMDb score of say 6.7/8, not to mention if I watched the film without checking the IMDb rating, I would be more-so expecting a rating of 7.2/3 which is what it most definitely justly deserves. It is quite unfortunate really because I almost did not watch this film due to the terrible rating and reviews. I would genuinely give it an 8.5/10, but for the purposes of this review, am rating it 10/10 in an attempt to push its rating higher.The story is very good, the action is realistic and gritty, the direction is great, the acting is superb and for any of those who think there was not sufficient character development I'm sorry to say is heavily incorrect. This is one of Matt Dillon's finest acting jobs and I was very sympathetic with his character through the entirety of the film. What can I say other than I highly recommend viewing of this film so that more people can appreciate it and its rating can possibly increase closer to what it deserves.

zardoz-13 What this above-average boilerplate crime thriller lacks in imagination, it makes up for with good casting and grit. Willem DeFoe and Matt Dillon are unlikely cohorts in "The Boondock Saints" producer Chris Brinker's "Bad Country," costarring Tom Berenger, Neal McDonough, Kevin Chapman, Amy Smart, and Bill Duke. The male-dominated action takes place in rural Louisiana during the 1980s as hardboiled Baton Rouge Detective Bud Carter (Willem Dafoe) nabs career criminal Jesse Weiland (Matt Dillon), and they cut a deal with Federal authorities so the imprisoned felon can turn state's evidence. Tom Berenger is cast as unsavory, well-heeled businessmen Lutin Adams, with an urbane, well-dressed attorney Daniel Kiersey (Neal McDonoug) running his affairs. Lutin bails Jesse out of jail and maintains him on his payroll, while Jesse informs on him. Things go south on a deal with Middle Eastern gunmen, and Jesse has to blast his way out of rendezvous. He learns from Lutin that Lutin wants Bud terminated with extreme prejudice. Jesse lets Bud in on the orders to kill him and they try to clear out when Lutin's henchmen show up in force to shoot it out with them. Jesse has a couple of fingers blown off, but they survive the encounter. Not long after things really go bad for Jesse. He leaves the hospital where he is being treated to hunt down Catfish (John Edward Lee) while Bud corners Kiersey and smashes his wrists in a car trunk. Everything ends in the French Quarter with Jesse shooting it out with Lutin's bodyguards. Not surprisingly, Bud shows up and the body count rises. The fight between Berenger and Dillon is pretty tough stuff. Performances are of the no-nonsense variety. Bill Dukes plays a Federal attorney. Some of the dialogue is good and there is enough blood-splattered action and gunplay to make "Bad Country" worth watching for crime thriller aficionados. Amy Smart and Kevin Chapman are wasted. The quote from Saint Augustine: "Hate is like drinking poison and hoping the other guys dies" is pretty cool. Efficiently made and lensed with some action staged in New Orleans, "Bad Country" is atmospheric, grim, andworkman-like enough to be worth watching at least once.