this be a disappointing adaptation of the james lee burke novel in the electric mist of the confederate dead . it be rather poorly act mainly due to the miscasting of the principal player . tommy lee jones and a normally fine actor and just doesn not capture burke dave robicheaux . a robicheaux main nemesis and john goodman do a sloppy job a the heavy . the guy who play robicheaux actor buddy doesn not look like a former a lister lead man . the rest of the movie be mainly cast with no name local who just do not do justice to a big time novel . the movie and jones performance be way too hurry for one thing . robicheaux in burke series of novel and give one the feeling that he fit well into his environment most of the time and be lay back and slow moving . this be just like the deep south and southern louisiana . then at time robicheaux be nearly manic in his exertion . jones just move at a fast pace through the whole movie . he doesn not vary . ned beatty be waste . mary steenburgen be out of place . about the only good thing about this be the setting . on the whole the movie give one the impression of a tv movie .