In Broad Daylight (1991)

Instant Favorite.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

I wished this movie would come out on DVD. I was one of the vol. firefighters at one of the shoots they did when they burned the house down. There are a few others I hung out at by my house. The n I saw the movie. I couldn't believe how the greatness of all the actors. It gave the creeps of my small town and the others surrounding me. If you look in the scene, when they are being followed by the law. You can see me and a friend of mine walking in the back ground behind the cruiser. I guess it fit with the scene of two carious people seeing who the law is following. If not. I guess they would have said cut and chased us out of the way.

My dad was MURDERED! Nothing else matters and the way they portrayed him in the movie is sick.I think all of you are sick!Ken was a loving husband and father and doted on all us kids and if anyone wants to say something about him I suggest that you say it to my face.the movie and book are both wrong about a lot of things including how the whole town harassed us kids my mom and sisters and i'm tired of listening to you people talk about him now that he's dead and gone.the movie could have shown him as the person he was but that wasn't going to make the stations any money now was it?and that LE in missouri, you weren't even around then so shut up about it OK?

The thing that disturbs me most about this man's reign of terror is that it could happen almost anywhere - any place where laws are rendered useless by a combination of slick lawyers, intimidated witnesses and 'jobs-worth' officials. Despite our hopes and belief that we are advancing in all areas of society, this film serves to remind us that over-complicating the system has the ability to set us back to square one.Prior to the set-up of recognised Police Forces in the UK (apart from the efforts of feeble wardens) criminal activity was sometimes countered by the raising of a 'Hue & Cry' - the local community rallying around with anything they had to hand to give chase and apprehend the culprit(s) - for everything from sheep stealing to murder. That is exactly what these people did in order to protect themselves AND RIGHTLY SO - there is no better precedent than something that has existed since the dawn of civilisation. If we have a system that is rendered next to useless by having the law-enforcers handcuffed, what else can we expect? This PC world we live in has gone berserk - for every pro-victim advocate that exists there seem to be ten on the side of the culprit.The film was excellent and deserves to be on DVD - whether it was low budget or not. The slow-burn, laid back yet chilling portrayal by Brian Dennehey (whose work I have always admired) was simply the cherry on top - everyone should see this film at least once and I totally agree with the comments made by both blondie and gunrunner.The latter contributor's comments loosely reminded me of a rowdy local family who were eventually 'run out of town' by the strict application of laws, however trivial. Three police officers (often assisted by more) were assigned to shadow them around the clock and, after a while, the sheer cost of their misdemeanours in fines and other inconveniences forced this one-family crime wave to move. I am not saying this would have worked in the case of ROWAN in IBD but it might have spared the community from taking the role of Judge, Jury & Executioner upon themselves, the trauma and burden of which they have had to carry ever since.

As this was based on a true incident in a small Missouri town N/E of Springfield, MO, I found it to be 98% factual. The actual actions of the "town bully" were in fact more shocking than the movie portrayed. "Rex's" (the real name of the bully) daughters still live in the area but do not speak of their father. If you can picture the retired football player Larry Czonka playing the part you'd be right on!