Finally saw this one, adapted from the novel by Joe Lansdale (Hap & Leonard, Bubba Ho-Tep). It suckers you by starting off like any stereotypical psychological thriller: family dad shoots and kills a burglar in the house, finds out the burglar's dad has just been released from prison, burglar's dad threatens protagonist's son in revenge, etc. But...
It's set in the '80s, so it was a very nice move on the casting director's part to put Don Johnson, who defined "cool" in the 80s, in the role of Lansdale's coolest cat character, Jim-Bob Luke, complete with steer horns on his "Red B@&&$" car. Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff) does a great job as the senior criminal, and apparently the mild-mannered house-dad is the same guys who plays the title character "Dexter."
You sure it doesn't take place in the South hemisphere?