Bad Country

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Bad Country

2014

1h 40m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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After arresting a contract killer, a Louisiana detective tries to convince him to become an informant in an attempt to bring down the South's most powerful criminal organization.

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Justin Chang

Variety

04/11/2014

A blandly executed action-thriller whose cast names (Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe) and mild '80s Louisiana flavor offer only modest compensations for the story's workmanlike construction and routine twists.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

04/10/2014

[A] thoroughly routine, straight-to-video-reminiscent action thriller set in Louisiana.

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Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

05/08/2014

C

Action fans need more than bullets and bodies. "Bad Country" is a disappointment.

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Isaac Feldberg

We Got This Covered

04/21/2014

3/10

True to its name, Bad Country falls short on almost every count, but it's not just bad - it's also lazy, lifeless and guilty of squandering many fine actors.

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Brian S

Mar 23

Willem Dafoe's biggest nemesis is his natural accent. Does no one listen to actual angry Southerners? They don't clip their words like Northerners do, they add dipthongs. Go watch "Sling Blade!" Berenger's cajun isn't any better, but at least he never has to pretend he is mad, just menaces his way through this boring crime piece. Don't bother trying to find out what this "true story" was based on.

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Jeffrey P

08/25/2024

A triple threat that lacks originality, cohesion, and detail.

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ed a

07/16/2024

As many have stated pretty trite storytelling even though its supposedly based on true story. The only part worth the time invested is to finally see Dafoe get his revenge on Berenger from his double cross in Platoon.

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Georgan G

07/14/2024

Acting was good but the plot wasn't totally coherent.

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Walter B

06/24/2024

So far the movie keeps my attention. The acting is quite well performed. The only thing I find frustrating is not the movie itself, but that it is apparently based on true events. Yet every single question about the true story behind it on Google ONLY references the movie's claim that it is based on true events. ("Google! What is the true story behind Bad Country?" Google's answer: "Yup! Bad Country is based on actual events." - the only thing missing in Google's response is ending their search with "H'Yuk!" Makes me wonder if Google's slogan should be: "Dumber than sh*t search engine.") Like I said, movie's ok so far, just don't expect to find anything about the so-called true events. At least not from Google.

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Stoner J

@Stoner 05/31/2024

Don’t be sucked in by the big names in the cast, it’s a total generic and really crapily done would be crime thriller

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Synopsis

After arresting a contract killer, a Louisiana detective tries to convince him to become an informant in an attempt to bring down the South's most powerful criminal organization.

Director: Chris Brinker
Producer: Chris Brinker, Kevin Chapman, James Crabe, Scott Einbinder, Nancy Green-Keyes, Matthew Rhodes
Screenwriter: Jonathan Hirschbein
Production Co: Mandalay Vision
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 22, 2014
Runtime: 1h 40m

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