Bad Country

Bad Country

2014 ""
Bad Country
Bad Country

Bad Country

5.8 | 1h35m | en | Drama

When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.

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5.8 | 1h35m | en | Drama , Action , Crime | More Info
Released: September. 26,2014 | Released Producted By: Mandalay Vision , ANA Media Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.

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Cast

Matt Dillon , Willem Dafoe , Neal McDonough

Director

Miranda Sink

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Mandalay Vision , ANA Media

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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.
A_Different_Drummer ... 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.
tangerinechrome 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.
cdnfirechick Never heard of this playing at our local (or any) theater. Surprised at the low review rating of 5.7...?! Welcome back the handle-bar and other "mo's"! ha ha Edgy and suspenseful with a great cast: Willem Dafoe as lead detective and Matt Dillon (who has had a run of not-so-great roles lately) in a really convincing "bad-guy" turned CI role, with an unrecognizable Tom Berenger(wow, I still can't believe it was him!) as the king pin. Plot/story line is familiar and slightly predictable, with good entertainment value.At moments intense, no spectacular effects, but great action! Notable good guy/bad guy movie definitely worth your time.