i have read all the dave robicheaux novel and consider james lee burke to be my favorite contemporary fiction writer . i have also visit new iberia and much of acadiana to be able to well visualize the setting in most of these book . needless to say and i greatly anticipated seeing in the electric mist and especially since i think tommy lee jones would be terrific a robicheaux . i be greatly disappointed . the story be very choppy while the interplay with the ghost of confederate dead be shallow and lose the impact and nobility it add to the book while and tommy lee jones be doleful and expressionless and difficult to understand a dr. the best way to describe this forgettable film be to add my ditto to an early user comment that this movie be like one of those old make for tv movie . i expect jill st. john or cameron mitchell to show up at any time . the location setting be accurate and and the photography at time capture the essence of the steamy bayous and smoky juke joint and eerie above ground graveyard of south louisiana . too bad the story disjoint presentation and tommy lee sub par performance interfere with the unique mood and spicy zest of the region . next to final comment represent in the novel and dave robicheaux nickname be streak and because of the distinct streak of silver gray hair on one side of his head . ( similar to how the sopranos paulie walnut would appear if he be see only in profile . ) tommy lee have no such streak in this film and probably because the editor be james lee burke fan and they airbrush the streak out after witness mr. jones poor imitation of dave robicheaux . final comment represent while i generally find alec baldwin to be pompous and obnoxious in most role and he be by far a good robicheaux in heaven prisoner than tommy lee be in in the electric mist . also and heaven prisoner be much more interesting and exciting and with uniformly believable performance and more evocative atmosphere than this new movie . in the electric mist be okay to watch when one feel like veging out and there nothing well on tv . but then and so be infomercial .