Bad Country (2014) User Reviews (60)

...a slice of criminal life in the bayous

[bcheng93 · 7/10 · 15 March 2014]

just saw the rating of 5.6 on IMDb and that is just a run of the mill rating or a little above that. myself personally i give it a 7. it was not a great movie and it was not intended to be. it is a nicely paced cops and robbers movie with some solid actors in it.

man! i think i have not seen Bill Duke since his role as a commando in the movie "commando". OK..., the two main leads in the movie are actually Willem Dafoe and Matt Dillion with a good supporting cast including Amy Smart, Neal Mcdonough and a unrecognizable Tom Berenger in a very good performance and a fine Bayou accent.

like i said, if you're looking for Oscars look somewhere else...but if you are in the mood for a well-done cops and robbers movie with action you probably will not be disappointed. the movie is not unbelievable and is base on a true story. Dafoe and Dillion did not throw out any Oscar worthy performances but still did very solid jobs. they did not just come for their paychecks and Tom Berenger actually had the best performance out of the whole cast. he was a very creepy dude and i could not recognize him and he is one of my favorites.

all in all, a good cops and robbers movie that is pretty well paced, had its share of action and the 100 minutes of this movie went by pretty fast. i would recommend this movie to cops and robbers fans and fans of Dafoe, Dillion and Berenger.

Bad Boys...Bad Boys...What'chya gonna do?

[Ed-Shullivan · 7/10 · 28 February 2016]

This is definitely a crime genre film with a dark message of violence and fear embedded throughout. The two big stars Willem Dafoe who plays detective Bud Carter of Louisiana, and Matt Dillon as ex-con Jesse Weiland play well against each others persona. The ex-con and hired killer Jesse Weiland gets trapped into becoming an undercover rat for detective Bud Carter to avoid a 200 year jail term and miss out on spending time with his devoted wife Lynn played by the sexy Amy Smart and their newborn son Tommy.

Jesse used to work for the big hog Louisiana crime boss Lutin Adams played well by character actor Tom Berenger. As Bud Carter's informant Jesse provides more and more intelligence on the criminal activities of his crime boss Lutin Adams, the noose keeps tightening around Jesse and his vulnerable wife and son to become pawns in this dangerous game of chess. Jesse is fearless but he is not stupid, unless you start to wonder like I did why after a life of crime and killing he has no bankroll to support his wife and son?

This is not as strong a storyline as the Godfather or Goodfellas, but it is an interesting macho crime story that kept me interested and not too disappointed with the way the film ends. I give this film a 7 out of 10 due to some strong acting performances by Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon and Tom Berenger. It is well worth a watch for the seedy and dark location shoots and for being a decent crime genre film.

Bad Country, well acted.

[bbickley13-921-58664 · 6/10 · 7 February 2015]

Some good acting going on here by some favorable actors such as William Defoe, Matt Dillon and Tom Berenger

Actor and director, Bill Duke also makes an impressive appearance in the movie as head of the FBI.

Not really sure if the story is all that impressive.

It was just acted impressively by character actors I had not seen in a while, so it heighten my enjoyment.

Good thinking on the filmmaker's part if that was the intention.

Overall an enjoyable crime drama. if I give credit to the filmmakers about anything, it's that they got some stunning performances out of these guys.

Another movie that has a great cast but isn't a great movie. There was just something missing but I can't tell you what it was

[cosmo_tiger · 6/10 · 22 March 2014]

"I didn't turn because I'm scared. I done what I did because certain people crossed the line." Jesse Weiland (Dillon) is a contract killer in Louisana in the early 80's. Facing life in jail and never seeing his family again he makes a deal with Detective Bud Carter (Dafoe) to become an informant. When the FBI takes over things turn south for both Carter and Weiland. When his ex-boss goes too far Jesse has only one thing on his mind...revenge. I knew nothing about this movie going in and was looking forward to it because of the cast. The fact that it is based on a true story helps too. This is however yet another movie that has a great cast but isn't a great movie. I had a hard time getting into it and really caring about the characters. They all did a great job in it but there was just something missing. I can't tell you what it was but there was an element or two missing to really make me fully enjoy the movie. When you watch it maybe you can let me know what it was. Overall, great acting but not a great movie. Seems to be happening a lot lately. I give this a C+.

There Is No Family

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 24 December 2020]

In 1983, in Louisiana, Lieutenant Bud Carter (Willem Dafoe) and his team arrest the contract killer Jesse Weiland (Matt Dillon). He uses Jesse's love for his wife Lynn Weiland (Amy Smart) and their baby to force him to work undercover for the local police and then for the FBI to bring down a powerful Mob that employed Jesse to hit enemies. In return, Carter promises to protect Lynn and her son. But when the mobster Lutin Adams (Tom Berenger) learns that there is a snitcher in the organization, Jesse becomes his prime-suspect.

"Bad Country" is a great police story based on real events and excellent screenplay. The plot is supported by excellent veteran cast. One of the best moments of the story is when Lt. Bud Carter says that there is no family to Jesse Weiland. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Lista" ("The List")

Could have been much better

[bob-larrance · 5/10 · 10 March 2014]

Bad Country is watchable with some real heavyweight talent and a setting that promises great viewing. But, because of poor character development and overall production it falls far short of anything but average.

No blame to Matt Dillon or Willem Dafoe, both carrying the movie with excellent performances. In fact, Dillon's involvement in almost any project automatically guarantees reliable entertainment. And Dafoe is as gritty and pained as usual, just what you might expect.

But, the script is shallow, the sound editing amateurish, and the overall cinematography average. The final, expected scene can't be saved by the actors when all the technical facets pull together in a below average manner.

This could have been much better. So many elements are in place that Bad Country practically screams for the sort of polish and technique the cast deserves. I have no doubt that in the hands of Mann or Bay demands would have been made and ideas enforced to carry this movie to the box office with some real effect. As it is, by the end I could only wonder what could have been.

Watch it, but don't expect much.

crime noir

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 22 July 2018]

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.

Could have been so much better

[FriedGarbanzos · 4/10 · 15 March 2014]

I have never written a movie review, but since there are none at this time, I'll give it a shot. Just managed to finish this movie. It was not easy.

It tells the story of a criminal turned informer and who helps the authorities build a case against an organized crime group. There are hints of political corruption that are not developed properly, if at all. The main character is hardly developed and there is little for the audience to sympathize with. The movie abruptly turns from a crime/police story to a vengeance story.

The movie starts up rather well and draws you in, until, apparently, work on the movie practically stopped. About half way through there is an obvious degradation that ruins the movie. Editing is bad, camera-work becomes more like a TV movie. Action sequences are choppy. In general, the story stops flowing like it should.

I'm sure the death of the director Chris Brinker had something to do with this. Sorry to see him go. He had promise.

Solid - thats it Solid, film not to be missed

[shadow-worldshadow · 7/10 · 3 April 2014]

OK so lots of people have said lots of things, but the bottom line is this is a film.... Films have a long history of telling stories, making big splashes and the rest, this is not one of them. This is a slow burner a solid film that builds and makes you believe, sure miss it if you like doesn't worry me one bit. is it going to be what you expected - no is it going to be a block buster - no. Is it a film - Yesssssssssssssssss. Watch it, this is what films should be,FUPK Hollywood, FUPK block busters, acting is what its about, this film has it in spades, so much people don't even see it. Watch it savior it remember it in future years it will be a film your reflect on for a while.

idiotic

[airspeed12345 · 4/10 · 14 March 2014]

Even a 12 year old would pick this movie apart (no offense to 12 year olds)I mean.. come on.. they keep his wife under protection in the same town that all this is going down in? He has no back up plan for his family so when he's busted his wife and new born don't have a dime? It just goes on and on. Over the hill stars in a B movie with no thought processes involved in the screen writing or the plot. Watched it one afternoon when I had nothing to do... I should have gone out and dug holes and then filled them in, at least it would have been exercise. Oh sure there is some tension, some pretty good acting, but as far as a realistic drama.. NOT NOT NOT

Seriously .... has Dafoe ever given a bad performance?

[A_Different_Drummer · 8/10 · 21 December 2014]

... and the answer of course is no.

Since he first burst on scenes playing (not joking) Jesus, he has never been less than mesmerizing.

(And his work in Shadow of the Vampire, 2000, never got the acclaim it deserved).

I mention that because cops and robber movies have been around since the silent films but the performances of Dafoe playing against Dillon (never better here, strong physicality, amazing he never played bad guys before) is the heart and soul of this picture, and it keeps you glued to the screen.

Interesting that they used a near-A lister like Amy Smart merely as eye candy, with almost no dialogue. Not that she was less than fetching, but it was an odd bit of casting.

Best retro nostalgia of recent years

[CasualView · 6/10 · 22 April 2014]

Just 5-6 minutes in the whole movie (mostly dialogs) are slack, the rest kept me watching - very good sign. In general movie looks VERY professional and well made, including casting of actors, retro-decorations (but with modern editing and good pace), whole aura. I've been really touched by this re-make of 80-s.

On the negative side is somewhat primitive agenda: excessive use of neo-Nazi symbolics transposed on "southern planter" image definitely looks like "Zombie Nazi in Space" exploitation and reduces the value of references to "based on real events movie". "Big shootout" looks unrealistic, with all respect - even if they wanted to add some pepper to make action "hot" it's not another "Matrix", and to me it seems that for this specific type of movie director definitely over-used ammunition and slow-mo sequences.

However general impression is not spoiled and I want to applause.

Fake mustaches, fake accents, fake film ......

[merklekranz · 3/10 · 23 February 2021]

I give it three stars, one for Willem Dafoe, one for Matt Dillon, and one for Tom Berenger. This Southern shoot em up is beyond bad. There is very little character development. There are side stories that seem like they belong in a different movie. What was Dafoe's Father's purpose? His strange appearance, with zero introduction was beyond puzzling. The gunplay is cartoonish, and the cinematography so dark, it was anybody's guess who was shooting who? Then there are the fake mustaches, and fake Southern accents, which only added to the ridiculous goings on. Not worth watching, even if you are a fan of the actors. MERK

Cracking skulls in the Big Easy.

[face-819-933726 · 7/10 · 10 March 2014]

Really anytime you see a movie with a cast this good, and varied you have to ask yourself why it would go straight to video even in today's less than stellar theater market. The over all movie that you get is well written, and mostly acted really well. It is right around the hour, and five minute mark that you see the lower quality film work, or a lack of good equipment for action shots, what ever the case it looks cheap, and degrades the movie quite a bit, and often enough to notice. Matt Dillon is really good, (I kept thinking that 1983 was the year of the Outsiders, and Rumblefish, and how fitting it was that this movie was set in that time, but that is just how I get) Willem Dafoe narrates a nice yarn to open, and close the show, and plays a really good raw role of a Cop trying to fight against the big corruption. There are some good shoot-out's, though they tend to feel rather predictable. I would recommend this to most fans of action, with a bit of build up, and suspense, and to those that Enjoy watching fools get what's coming to them. Yep, this one is violent, and not for the kids, or dreamers, but it is worth seeing.

good acting, bad directing

[lucian_spirea · 7/10 · 13 March 2014]

i was so excited to see this movie after finding out about the cast, but 5 minutes in the movie and i knew it was gonna be a let down. specific type of music was missing from key moments, prolonged moments after many scenes made it look like a B movie, sometimes when a new scene started the actors had a facial expression that should have totally not been there, a couple of dialogs that had nothing to do with anything and also the title of the movie was on another planet in comparison with the action that actually took place. too bad, this could have been something great if not for the directing... i would want to see a sequel that will rock!!!

A period location thriller with no discernible period, location, or thrills.

[chris-134-811126 · 3/10 · 15 October 2014]

This movie felt like one big missed opportunity. Though there were wonderful performances by Matt Dillon and Bill Dukes (in a smaller supporting role) and an admirable effort from Dafoe, who was presented with a paper-thin character, but the good cast (which also included Amy Smart and Neal McDonugh) was given very material with which to work.

The plot elicits practically no tension. For a story about a man on the inside, the film never even attempts to create suspense as to whether or not the organization on whom he is informing will learn of his betrayal. What tension might have existed would have come from the surprising number of shootouts, but these are presented with cinematography and editing better suited to a low-budget action movie, and we never fear for the characters' safety during these skirmishes.

Perhaps the biggest disappointment for a period location piece (the film takes place in 1983 in Louisiana) is that the sense of period is never pushed, the sense of place never developed. The only effort at art direction seems to put identical mustaches on the two protagonists and ensure that none of the cars is a recent model. The clothing, the dialog, the scenery all seem very modern, and with the exception of a few entirely tangential bayou shots during the film's opening monologue (there are attempts to make up for the script's narrative shortcomings by employing a voice-over, which fails to add anything to the story except the opportunity to enjoy Dafoe's delivery) there is nothing in the staging or cinematography that would suggest the film's locale. The two attempts at using costume to help convey character - a wig on a lobbyist, and a cartoonish (though, again, modern-looking) suit on Tom Berenger's crime boss, are too little and poorly executed.

It seems that, in securing a great cast, the film left little budget for its initial conceit. The movie is watchable - neither the direction, acting, or even the script is artistically offensive - and it might serve as good background entertainment while you undertake a household chore. But with absolutely nothing to sink your teeth into (save perhaps Dillon bringing dimension to a dimensionless character), Bad Country is immediately forgettable.

Hell with the Lid Off!!!

[zardoz-13 · 7/10 · 12 May 2014]

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 hard boiled Baton Rouge Plice Detective Bud Carter (Willem Dafoe of "Streets of Fire") nabs career criminal Jesse Weiland (Matt Dillon of "Drugstore Cowboy"), 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 McDonough of "Walking Tall") 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 our heroes survive the encounter. Not long after things really go bad for Jesse. He escapes from the hospital where he is being treated to hunt down Catfish (John Edward Lee of "Terminator Genisys") 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.

Pretty awful and thick on the propaganda !!

[tangerinechrome · 2/10 · 7 September 2014]

I give it 3 stars, because the acting was decent indeed!

But, to be fair, the movie is utter mince. I never even watched it to the end, in fact I turned it off at about 50mins mark or so: It was over!

Anyway, some brief reasons:

• Lame dialogue, really B.S : Standard, and superficial. Actually, what I would say is that, it felt as though the acting and the dialogue did not mirror each other. Does that make sense? I haven't really experienced that before, in such a strong way, but the acting was pretty decent, at moments, but the dialogue was poor !

• Story line. COME ON ! I did not like it. Beating on the Nazi and the Southern Gentleman once again eh! Typical for Jesuit Zionist controlled Hollywood ! To the producers - "TAKE A RUN AND JUMP!"

I'm not making this political, please don't read that, i'm just pointing out these stereotypes: how many times in these "gangster" films is there the tattooed tough guy Nazi? - And then the actual writing makes him team up with the Law and not only that, the black chief, who he somehow knew his name, and that's so touching! Rubbish. Propaganda. I do not like story lines that are overtly spreading an ideological line.

Fair enough, we cannot escape this at times. BUT, I have had enough of this sort of tripe!

• Direction: there was the scene where we find the exchange of the guns and the money; and oh yes, such sparkling dialogue! WOW. They really thought this one through eh? I guess Southerners are just maybe a little retarded? Contrast this with the movie HEAT. Yes. No comparison.

Anyway, the direction was extremely amateur, and it felt more like a production made for TV, as opposed to Film. This scene for me, stands out like a sore thumb. Very jarring. It was at this point that the film had really set out its stall. Sorry, no sale!

Willam Defoe and Matt Dillon and Tom, were all pretty good actors ! BUT and sorry for bashing at this point, the dialogue and particularly the plot and story, did not match up with the acting.

VIEWS ON FILM review of Bad Country

[burlesonjesse5 · 7/10 · 7 July 2014]

Make no bones about it, if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had an award for Best Picture a la straight to DVD, Bad Country would surely take the prize. Matt Dillon, who seems to love appearing in movies that hardly anyone bothers to see, gives a revealing and rather appealing performance as "Country's" revenge-minded lead role. With this turn, a stint in 2004's Employee of the Month, and the part of Patton Dubois in 2006's Nothing But the Truth, Dillon is for a better word, the Redbox king. To each his own I guess (for the record, I've got no problem paying $1.20 to rent a DVD at a Redbox kiosk, that's for sure).

With a working title labeled Whiskey Bay (I almost like that one better) and a promising director who died way too soon (the taskful Chris Brinker), Bad Country goes back to the early 80's with contract killer Jesse Weiland (Dillon) getting caught by an intense police detective named Bud Carter (the forever cool Willem Dafoe). Weiland gets busted on a handful of serious charges. He's looking at life in prison unless he can become an informant by giving up every name on a list of people he works with (other contract killers who inhabit a nasty, dutiful crime ring). Now Weiland is about as laid-back as anyone. He doesn't give a hoot about his well being. But he's got a wife/newborn on the outside and is willing to cooperate in order to avoid going to the perennial slammer.

Bad Country harks back to stuff like 1991's Rush, 1982's 48 Hrs, and even Matt Dillon's own earlier work, the critically acclaimed Drugstore Cowboy. Call it a narc flick, a broken down character study, a stylistic mob farce, and mustache abundant (almost every character seems to channel the facial hair of actor Sam Elliott for unabashed inspiration). What you don't want to call "Country" is something that lacks for trying. This thing wants to detour you from knowing that it probably got rejected from numerous theater screenings. Could the generic title be the culprit? I can't be sure. Does it matter at this point? Not really. The original release date was months ago so it's obvious that too much time has passed.

Nevertheless, we get the pleasure of seeing a formed dynamic and an unlikely partnership between the characters played by Dafoe and Dillon. It's hard to believe it but they have never been on screen together before the release of "Country". Here they've got great chemistry as opposites who are at large, the same. Watching them trade dialogue in various scenes made me think that they've been working side by side for years. Throw in Tom Berenger (where's he been) as ruthless crime boss Lutin and you've got a cast that makes this thing rise above the ordinary. Yeah, Bad Country does at certain intervals, feel like a full-on rental with carbon copy shootouts and accents used by its actors that don't sound like anybody who lives in Louisiana (the flick's setting and on-site location). But for most of the time, there is plenty of crackling dialogue, a sense of urgency, and smooth, conventional storytelling tactics that make you think otherwise.

In retrospect, "Country's" ending and its opening twenty minutes resonate with a lot of police protocol. You know, where if a felon (of any kind) is caught, they have a chance to make a deal, give up a name, and rat out someone higher up on the criminalised food chain. If you've seen anything law and order related, this is a premise that's as old as dirt. Thankfully, this little seen crime drama supplies enough energy, surmised wit, and tough guy machismo to garner my recommendation regardless of all its familiarity. Bottom line: Bad Country ain't so "bad".

Of note: Bad Country's setting is in 1983. You wouldn't know it though because its sense of time and place is sort of lacking in detail. Case in point: I didn't really figure out that the film wasn't in present day mode until a handful of scenes involved characters talking on payphones. Anyway, this insight is merely an oversight and shouldn't keep you from enjoying what's on screen.

Not Bad Not Very Good But Passable

[LeonLouisRicci · 5/10 · 10 May 2014]

A Heavy Duty Cast of Crusty Hard-Asses make this Worth a Watch. The Film has some Intrigue and Attraction with its Nasty Criminal Underbelly and the Characters are Believably Bad. But what goes Wrong here is some Erratic Storytelling and a Final Shootout that is about as Common as Could Be.

Based on a True Story the Neo-Nazi Element is Only Touched on in a Few Throwaway Lines and Tattoos with a Flag off in the Corner as the Camera Passes by. The Turning of the Key Witness is also Awkward at Times and the Criminal Kingpin and His Lawyer/Lobbyists are never quite Fleshed Out to Satisfaction.

The Climactic Gun Blazing Confrontation is a Big Easy Letdown with Bad Guys and Good Good Guys just Showing Up and Dropping Dead. Overall an Unsatisfactory True Crime Entry that is Neither Awful or Very Good but Passable.

A great movie Period...

[markholland8 · 9/10 · 20 March 2014]

What ever you say about this movie and its imperfections it is maid to entertain and it does that completely. The imperfections I have heard reviewers go on about are completely out weighed by a great gritty story line and Willem Defoe plays a big part in carrying this film but Matt Dillon WOW every once in a while actors that have had a dry spell and then come back with a masterpiece and boy does Dillon, i would never have imagined him in this this type of role but he makes the movie. The film is original and dark and has great mustache's to boot. If its not your kind of thing then its just worth watching for the individual performances. Loved it Loved it Loved it. The End

COPS GOT RULES. CRIMINALS DON'T.

[nogodnomasters · 6/10 · 11 April 2019]

The film is based on a true story in 1983 Louisiana. It tells you what happens in the opening read. From a lone snitch, a crime empire is taken down. Bud Carter (Willem Dafoe) is the local detective who has discovered the operation. With the ineffective help of the government and inside man Jesse (Matt Dillon), Carter struggles to do his job.

Being based on a true story hampers some of the drama. There were plenty of shoot'em up scenes. I thought Dafoe and Dillon did great jobs in their roles, but somehow the local flavor of Louisiana didn't come through. The sound track needed to be taken to another level. We needed to see more of the crimes action. It is listed as a gritty crime action thriller. It meets the requirements of the description, yet most of the individual scenes looked made for TV.

Will make on okay rental. No need to rush out and see it.

Parental Guidance: F-bomb. Brief nudity (Gayle James?)

Couldn't even finish watching it...

[juanpbotha · 1/10 · 16 March 2014]

A movie like this doesn't deserve a name like Bad Country. The directing is all over, the acting is bad (even that of Willem Dafoe is a bit over-the-top) and lighting and music just doesn't do it for me.

This movie makes me feel that I'm watching a world full of depressed people. I just had to stop watching the movie when Lynn Weiland, played by Amy Smart, were having a conversation in a prison over those prison-telephone gadgets with her husband, played by Matt Dillion (of whom I'm not really a fan). The whole atmosphere of that scene was too fake: all the way from Amy Smart's shockingly bad acting to the what-is-this-noise excuse for music.

So, nope, rather not...

Great acting, highly underrated

[juliehampton2012 · 7/10 · 20 April 2020]

Great acting! Great cast! Overall it was a very well done movie and highly underrated.

Better than it's ratings

[deloudelouvain · 7/10 · 27 February 2017]

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.