A Southern-fried murder mystery with some colorful twists, in which a good ol' boy is forced to face his prejudices and move beyond them in order to solve the crime. Sheriff Darl Hardwick (Billy Bob Thornton) has lived in Louisiana's La Salle Parish all his life; his father (Tom Bower) was Sheriff until liquor got the better of him, and Darl is fully versed in the ways of going along to get along. Darl has the support of the local Republican political machine until he begins digging too deeply into the death of a New Orleans stripper named Mona, who had the bad manners to get herself murdered in the swamp after doing a lingerie show at the Tidewater Hunt and Fish Clu...
Released:
2002
Rated:
n/a
Length:
103 mins