A rare departure from Mathew MaConaughey's usual, dreary romantic comedy fare. That in itself doesn't make this film good, but at least it's a somewhat original story.
Matthew McConaughey plays Joe Cooper, a Dallas police
detective who moonlights as a contract killer. He's hired by Emile Hirsch to do a number on Hirsch's mother, with the agreement of her ex-husband, Thomas Haden Church, and their daughter and Hirsch's sister, Dottie.
Hirsch intends collecting the insurance money on his mother's life, with Dottie the alleged benefactor of that insurance money. Because he can't raise the money to pay the killer up front, Dottie is given to McConaughey as a retainer.
What follows is a mixture of hillbilly-style mayhem - McConaughey moves into the family trailer, to start taking payment of his retainer - and everything goes pear-shaped from then on.
I'm not sure why this got an NC-17 rating - unless our Matt's butt isn't deemed worthy of being seen by the general movie-going public - but the film's worth seeing if you like your cops dirty and your families hick.
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