okay . this be not a perfect movie and and it be hard to categorize because it be not violent enough for today action movie label and funny enough for today comedy tag or serious enough to earn the drama moniker . we also have to realize that this be early in the career of some of the performer . helen hunt and liam neeson and ben stiller and bill paxton be big today and but you can not measure this movie by today standard . what a lot of people seem to have miss here be the theme about family and friendship . you have the hillbilly vs. the mob family hard to compare not really . the movie accent that their be more similarity than difference . there be too many example to be worth single any of them out . you also have the loyalty or friendship theme . think of how michael j. pollard and living in the basement of society and have high moral and or how the guy in the hillbilly bar could family up . you could measure that to the member of the boss crime family against the character of adam baldwin . all in all and this be not a great movie . good at best . but there be some interesting point worth ponder . and see an irishman and liam neeson and play a classic redneck hillbilly be worth see it all by itself . finally . another overlooked part of this movie be the excellent soundtrack . it be among my small collection of movie soundtrack and that should sum it .