Badland
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64% Critic Match

Badland

6.4 / 10 2007 2h 45mNR English
Drama

Storyline

Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he has been transformed by horrors that cannot be forgiven. He lives a life of poverty, his children afraid of him and his wife, Nora (Vinessa Shaw), unsympathetic and unhappy. When Jerry discovers that Nora has betrayed him, his anger and despair drive him to commit an act so heinous and irreversible that nothing he had experienced in combat could have prepared him for.

Cast & Crew

Jamie Draven

Jamie Draven

Jerry Rice

Lead
Grace Caroline Currey

Grace Caroline Currey

Celina Rice

Vinessa Shaw

Vinessa Shaw

Nora Rice

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Max Astin

Chandra West

Chandra West

Oli Danilou

Tom Carey

Tom Carey

Louie

PS

Pete Seadon

Sheriff Thomas Pellegrino

KW

Keith White

Patrol Officer

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Francesco Lucente's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Badland is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker