mississippi burning be one of my favorite gene hackman movie . i remember watch it when i be young and it be one of the few rat r movie my parent would allow me to watch . such a powerful story about the disappearance of three civil right worker down in rural mississippi . when the fed be call in to investigate the disappearance and the action really heat up . dafoe be perfect in play the fbi agent opposite hackman . hackman be the charming and funny and and very smart to whats happen around him . not that he doesnt care what he down there for and but he take in the surroundings and he know how these people operate . dafoe be quite the opposite . strict and by the book agent who seem to take it more seriously . dafoe character seem to be in shock of what go on around him and but hackman seem to know exactly whats wrong . great suspense and and a great depiction of this time in history and when be black in the south might get you kill . base on a true story .