AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

The Couchpotatoes 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.

Bene Cumb I am not embarrassed to say that I basically like this movie. True, it is not conceptional, the number of twists is limited, there are clichés, etc., but its general atmosphere as well as performances are far above average. Willem Dafoe as Bud Carter and Matt Dillon as Jesse Weiland were the central characters and spent most time on screen, but their "supporters" were good as well, although the female character was not so elaborated and her presence provided limited value to the movie. Nevertheless, not all scenes were predictable and the ending was atypical to related US movies in general. Plus an interesting trip back to Lousiana in 1980ies, its landscape and people, infrastructure and fashion back then... Some modern people tend to forget how the world was without shiny cars and digital technology.In fact, Bad Country was close to obtain 8 points from me, but still 7 - due to limited versatility and perfunctory female link.

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.