Louisiana National Guard squad on routine weekend maneuvers in the swamp get more than they bargained for when they borrow some Cajun's boats. Big mistake.

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Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, T. K. Carter, Les Lannom, Peter Coyote, Alan Autry

Brion James as a Cajun trapper

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Posted by FredBear

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Posted on 1/22/23 at 8:38 am to Harry Rex Vonner

Pretty good movie. The depiction of backwoods Cajun culture was pretty wild.

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Posted by Lsupimp

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Posted on 1/22/23 at 9:04 am to Harry Rex Vonner

Was a pretty silly depiction of Louisiana swamp folks. But yeah, it was a very watchable and popular film back in the day.

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Posted by Tigris

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Posted on 1/22/23 at 11:48 am to Lsupimp

It wasn't really hard to see it as a metaphor for Vietnam with the Cajuns being the Vietnamese. Good movie, though.

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Posted by nealnan8

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Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:38 pm to Tigris

"It wasn't really hard to see it as a metaphor for Vietnam with the Cajuns being the Vietnamese. Good movie, though."
...... don't start.

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Posted by lsufan112001

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Posted on 1/22/23 at 1:04 pm to nealnan8

Great movie for a rainy cold day.

Solid cast and screenplay.

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Posted by nealnan8

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Posted on 1/22/23 at 1:13 pm to lsufan112001

"It wasn't really hard to see it as a metaphor for Vietnam with the Cajuns being the Vietnamese. Good movie, though."

... and especially a great last 15 minutes. High tension scene, with Dewey Balfa music playing in the background the entire time.

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Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 1/22/23 at 3:44 pm to FredBear

quote:
The depiction of backwoods Cajun culture was pretty wild

I can't believe how popular this movie is on this board

Classic moment: Carradine tells a worried friend: "Don't worry, these are the good Cajuns".
Implying there are marauding bands of wild Cajuns roaming the bayou

A few years after the movie came out there were some letters to the editor in tNOTP decrying its depiction of Cajun culture.

Around the same time there was an episode of The Fall Guy (which I have not seen, it was mentioned in some of the letters) where some stereotypical redneck thugs kidnap a girl, take her to the swamp, and tell her w/leering menace that they are "going to teach her what it means to be a Cajun"