In the Electric Mist (2009)

R04/15/2009Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery1h 57m
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NO ONE CAN ESCAPE THE SINS OF THE PAST

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Tommy Lee Jones

    Dave Robicheaux

  2. Cast 1

    John Goodman

    Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

  3. Cast 1

    Peter Sarsgaard

    Elrod Sykes

  4. Cast 1

    Mary Steenburgen

    Bootsie Robicheaux

  5. Cast 1

    Kelly Macdonald

    Kelly Drummond

  6. Cast 1

    Justina Machado

    Rosie Gomez

  7. Cast 1

    Ned Beatty

    Twinky LeMoyne

  8. Cast 1

    James Gammon

    Ben Hebert

  9. Cast 1

    Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Lou Girard

The 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 adapting the story to keep it taut to watch. This story sees him investigating the murder of a local prostitute who is tied up (not literally!) with local mobster "Baby Feet Balboni" (John Goodman) who is co-funding an American Civil War film. Simultaneously, the star of that movie - "Elrod Sykes" (Peter Sarsgaard) is pulled over for being under the in...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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