Bad Country

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!!!

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.

this is a great and entertainment movie, great actors and great locations, the tension is good and its strange that the movie didn't touch the theaters. I've seen worst movies at cinemas, don't know what happened w this one but the same dark hand that send this direct to DVD release, is the same hand that is doing bad publicity and ugly reviews here. Trust me, this is a GOOD action FLICK, only the mustaches disturbed me, Matt Dillon is good boy, don't lie to me u re bad guy Daffoe and Tom Berenger are back since Platoon, that was a great surprise. Its sad that after see the movie i realized that the director passed away, and there's no info or bio about a great director. Another dark hand?

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.

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

Reason for my 10 out of 10 is cause i don't think the 5.7 (at the moment) is the rating what it's worth. for me this is a 7.5-8 at least.... Love the movies with Willam Dafoe, Matt Dillon. Both very good actors and in this movie they perform outstanding! Perhaps director had to put a little more effort into the movies but all in all i believe it fits right into the time when it took place. It definitely gives you the feeling of going back into that time! It's for sure one i would recommend to others! Action is of great performance with much "effects" although it's greatly filmed in "suspense" mode. Not to little, not to much! Despite the bad reviews i am sure you will enjoy this movie!

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.

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.

Bad Country is simply excruciatingly boring. It lacks any charisma at all and doesn't even keep you remotely interested. I found myself having to force myself to keep watching and I would drift off to doing something else and think, "oh right I'm watching this movie." There is no reason why this should be the case. It has a terrific cast, a story that sounds interesting and based on a true story supposedly but nothing seems to just work right. The cast acts sub-par despite the fact we all know they are a capable and strong cast and there is either too much going on to focus or they're not focusing on what they need to do be. Despite being based on a true story, its missing some sort of gritty true to life crime thriller quality and our evil villain mobster is more "Batman" than he is "The Departed." I mentioned The Departed because this film should be right along those lines but it doesn't work nearly the same despite having positive things going for it. The production quality is great, not cheap in any way, there are some good action scenes and tension is attempted time and time again but for some unknown reason it doesn't work and is completely flat and leaves you feeling empty. I watched this solely based on star power. Willem Dafoe can be a powerful actor, I've seen it. He is okay in this and certainly anyone less than him would have been even worse to watch but his character feels bland and under developed. He gets one good scene where he goes off the rails and the rest of the time instead of looking like a brooding cop, he looks like he's pouting. Matt Dillon's performance is a carbon copy of Dafoe's. His character has the potential to be this mixed up master criminal and killer trying to right his wrongs for the sake of his family. In the end he is a maniac on a vengeance quest, sounds great doesn't it? They miss all this and Dillon's performance lacks something that would make it powerful. Dafoe and Dillon should have had way more scenes together and their characters should have reflected off of each other but they miss that too. Tom Berenger is the villain I mentioned earlier who looks like a Dick Tracy/Batman mobster instead of playing it a little more close to reality. I like Berenger but he's almost boring in this and had the potential to really impress in this role. Supporting cast are okay including notable performances by Bill Duke and Kevin Chapman. One of the best performances in the movie and unfortunately very small was by Neal McDonough as Berenger's lawyer and right hand man. He actually had a great part that was underdeveloped too but he actually looked like he was trying to make the most of a bad script. I began to understand just how bad this movie was in the last 20 minutes during the climatic end scene shoot out. Suddenly we have Dillon and Berenger facing down each other for the first time in a melodramatic ridiculous hand to hand fighting scene that looks like a thug is beating down an old man. The gladiator music in the background makes it even more ridiculous. It was like the film makers got this script, was paid to make it but honestly didn't care if it was done right or not. Its truly unfortunate because under all the wrong things there is some potential for a great movie that will never be. This is Chris Brinker's first and only credit as a director having produced cult classic The Boondock Saints but I can assuredly pronounced to Mr. Brinker that he should go back to producing and not ruin any more potentially great films or crime thrillers. By the time the credits rolled I felt like I was watching an unintentional spoof of crime dramas and I would be forever disappointed but 15 minutes from now I will forget this film ever existed and that I had to fight my way through it. I score it what I am simply because the cast has some great potential and make it watchable in the slightest of ways. 3/10

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.