Bad Country

About Bad Country

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.

Bad Country (2014) is a crime film directed by Chris Brinker. Matt Dillon takes the lead as Jesse Weiland, Willem Dafoe as Bud Carter, Neal McDonough as Daniel Kiersey, and Amy Smart as Lynn Weiland.

Released in September 2014, it runs 95 minutes. Written by Jonathan Hirschbein.

Shelv files it under earnest, grim, southern USA, and swamp. In the United States it streams on Howdy Amazon Channel. It scores 5.5 out of 10 from 221 TMDB voters.

Se7en, Zodiac, and Memories of Murder make useful companions to Bad Country, all filed under detective, investigation, and murder.