Bad Country

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{{Infobox film

| name = Bad Country

| image = Bad Country - blu ray dics cover.jpg

| alt = Bad Country - Blu-Ray Disc Cover

| caption = Blu-Ray Disc cover

| director = Chris Brinker

| producer = Chris Brinker
Kevin Chapman

| writer = Jonathan Hirschbein

| starring = Matt Dillon
Willem Dafoe
Neal McDonough
Amy Smart
Tom Berenger

| music = John Fee

| distributor = Mandalay Pictures

| studio = CB Productions

| released = {{Film date|2014|04|29}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $6.7 million{{Cite web |title=Initial Certification Search |url= https://fastlaneng.louisianaeconomicdevelopment.com/public/search/ent |website=Fastlane NextGen |format=Type "Whiskey Bay" in the search box |access-date= August 2, 2020}}

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Bad Country (also known as Whiskey Bay) is a 2014 American crime drama film based on a true story{{cite web|work=MovieMaker|url=http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/interviews/great-friendship-bad-country-interview-with-writer-jonathan-hirschbein/|title=Burn-jobs in a Bad Country: Interview with Writer Jonathan Hirschbein|first=Danielle|last=Alberico|date=April 11, 2014}} starring Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough, Amy Smart, and Tom Berenger. The film started shooting in Baton Rouge and Angola, Louisiana on August 7, 2012.{{cite news| url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/08/matt_dillon_willem_dafoe_join.html |first=Mike |last=Scott |title=Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe join cast of Baton Rouge-shot 'Whiskey Bay' |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |date=August 16, 2012}}

Plot

When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter arrests contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to help the police to destroy the South's most powerful crime ring. When the syndicate orders Carter's death and Weiland is identified as an informant, the two team up to fight the mob and catch the crime boss who ordered the hit.

Cast

Matt Dillon as Jesse Weiland
Willem Dafoe as Bud Carter
Neal McDonough as Kiersey
Amy Smart as Lynn Weiland
Tom Berenger as Lutin Adams
Bill Duke as John Nokes
Kevin Chapman as Morris
Christopher Denham as Tommy Weiland
Chris Marquette as Fitch
Alex Solowitz as Buzz McKinnnon
Don Yesso as Captain Bannock
John Edward Lee as Catfish Stanton
Jean Moolman as Hank Jones

Production

The film was in post-production when director Chris Brinker died suddenly on February 8, 2013.{{cite magazine|title='Boondock Saints' producer Chris Brinker dies suddenly from aortic aneurysm |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/02/08/chris-brinker-dies-boondock-saints-producer/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 9, 2013}}{{cite web|title='Boondock Saints' Producer Chris Brinker Dead At 42 |date=February 8, 2013 |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/515671/boondock-saints-producer-chris-brinker-dead-at-42/ |publisher=Inquisitr |access-date=February 9, 2013}} Brinker was to be presented with the Robert Smalls Indie Vision Award at the 7th annual Beaufort, South Carolina International Film Festival in February 2013. The film is dedicated to his memory.