Tommy Lee Jones as a tough sleuth in the bayous of the Deep South

Based on the 1993 book, this is a detective drama/thriller with a Southern Gothic milieu. Imagine "U.S. Marshals" if it were set in the Deep South, like "No Mercy," "Cape Fear" or "The General's Daughter."

The details of the book are absent so you have to put the pieces of the puzzle together, but I loved the bayou atmosphere even though some of the peripheral actors seem like they memorized their lines 15 minutes before their scenes were shot.

It was shot New Iberia, Louisiana, which is 15 miles southeast of Lafayette and 130 miles west of New Orleans. Areas nearby were also used, including Catahoula, Albania Plantation in Jeanerette, St. Martinville and Charenton.