In the 50's, in Louisiana, a smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick is elected governor with the support of the lower social classes and erects his own corrupt regime.
Great direction, visuals and performances add up to a good movie that still can't surpass Robert Rossen's 1949 classic adaptation of the same novel.
Maltin **: "Penn's histrionics never ring true, and his talented costars are wasted in this disappointing production. Clarkson's role as Stark's savvy campaign strategist - and mistress - won Mercedes McCambridge an Oscar in the original film, but the character is barely sketched this time around. Zaillian wrote the ineffectual screenplay."
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