Story Line
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
“NO ONE CAN ESCAPE THE SINS OF THE PAST”
Top Cast
Tommy Lee Jones
Dave Robicheaux
John Goodman
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
Peter Sarsgaard
Elrod Sykes
Mary Steenburgen
Bootsie Robicheaux
Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Drummond
Justina Machado
Rosie Gomez
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Rating
6.1/ 10
Release Date
2009-04-15
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
ThrillerDramaCrimeMystery
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User Reviews (5)
Andres Gomez
5/10
•6/16/2014Tommy Lee Jones performance is superb and the Southern US atmosphere is really genuine but the story is just made overcomplicated and disappointing.
Kenneth Axel Carlsson
7.5/10
•12/31/2014A woman is found murdered in the swamp somewhere in the south. A brutal murder, quite possibly a serial killer. A policeman is investigating, and while he does that, another body is found, but this one nothing but bones. This guy (a black guy) was k...
Wuchak
6/10
•10/5/2023**_Tommy Lee Jones as a tough sleuth in the bayous of the Deep South_**
A no-nonsense detective in the heart of Louisiana (Jones) tries to stay away from alcohol as he investigates the murder of a young prostitute, as well as a murder from the mid...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•11/27/2024The problem from the outset of this film is that it is far too convoluted. That is a shame because Tommy Lee Jones as "Lt. Robicheaux" is on really good form. This adaptation of James Lee Burke's book needed a much more aggressive perspective in adap...