i remember see this movie back in high school in re ( that religious education for you folk who do not have the privilage of go to a strict catholic fundamentalist school ) and think it be a pretty good movie . despite the fact that we be 14 and the film be rat 18 over here in the uk and which be totally illegal and would never be allow now . the other thing i remember be trevor jones really cool sound ry cooder inspire score . since this film be loosely base on the 1964 killing of 3 civil right activist and one of whom only get sentence a few day ago and 40 year after the crime and i think it would be appropriate to check the film out again . it get a good story and be well act and especially by hackman and who be one of my fave actor ( dafoe be too but he not in much these day ) . they play two fbi agent and who do not get on ( a popular cliché at the time ) and down in a backwoods southern town look for three kid who have probably be kill by evil kkk member . the villain be despicable and brad dourif once again use his wild eye to great effect . but i be a little disappointed that none of them really get what they deserve ( even though in real life it take 40 year to get justice ) and get let off with minor sentence and none of them over 10 year for the brutal killing of three people and all the mass destruction and arson they do . i be let down by the end and really want more red neck and dirt face and hicka billy get their head kick in . and and judge from the recent televised court case and attitude towards african american hasn not change much since then . which be pathetic .