Rotten
A blandly executed action-thriller whose cast names (Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe) and mild '80s Louisiana flavor offer only modest compensations for the story's workmanlike construction and routine twists.
Justin Chang, Variety
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Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Chris Brinker Director
- Matt Dillon as Jesse Weiland
- Willem Dafoe as Bud Carter
- Neal McDonough as Daniel Kiersey
- Amy Smart as Lynn Weiland
- Christopher Rodriguez Marquette as Martin Fitch
- Tom Berenger as Lutin
- Don Yesso as Captain Bannock
- Kevin Chapman as Daniel Morris
- Bill Duke as John Nokes
- Christopher Denham Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
[A] thoroughly routine, straight-to-video-reminiscent action thriller set in Louisiana.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
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