“Burn Country” (** out of four) was a mild crime melodrama about a former war journalist from Afghanistan (Dominic Rains) who settles in a small town in California and takes a job at a local newspaper but stumbles into a local corruption plot involving small-town cops and others which puts him and the townsfolk in the crossfire. Never terribly exciting or compelling, despite interesting subject matter. Rains is good but film doesn’t match his fervor or conviction. Good supporting cast including Melissa Leo and James Franco is wasted.