Bad Country

2014 • 104 minutes

About this movie

In 1983, a veteran Baton Rouge detective, Bud Carter (Willem Dafoe), infiltrates the most powerful criminal enterprise in the South. After taking down it's top lieutenant and contract killer, Jesse Weiland (Matt Dillon), the detective convinces him to become an informant. Jesse sets out to help bring down the entire organization, including its architect, Lutin (Tom Berenger).

Ratings and reviews

Ok acting from great actors and a pretty predictable script. I wouldn't recommend but it was not terrible.

Interesting movie with good acting by Dafoe and Dillon, great shots of Louisiana, interesting first person narrative based on Bud Connor's extensive experience as a real life Louisiana police detective.

I thought the intensity of the movie moved through the easiness of it quite well. I enjoyed the lead actors and their interaction, especially between Dillon and Dafoe.