Erstwhile Special Forces operative Doc Alexander is asked to broker a truce with the Mexican drug cartel in secrecy. When Oklahoma Governor Richard Jeffs celebrates the execution of a high-ranking cartel member on TV, his Chief of Staff and Doc inform him about the peace he just ended. But it’s too late, as Cuco, the cartel’s hatchet man, has set his vengeful sights on Doc’s daughter Dixie.They don’t make ’em like Little Dixie anymore: honed to the bone, all gestures and actions, only a few words. Too many genre films these days try to create meaning by piling ideas and intentions on their narrative frames. John Swab, as always, works the other way around. Meaning and depth come from taking away whatever is superfluous – by reducing the plot to its bare essence and the characters to their core trades and tricks.Ultimately, Little Dixie feels like the pulp fiction version of a Giacometti sculpture, all fearful symmetries and mirror images. A gem of crime cinema at its purest and most philosophical, proudly featuring noir’s new darling, Frank Grillo.源自:
1948年冬,顾祝同(申良 饰)亲临淮海国军前线,向第三绥靖区贺坚(王尚信 饰)、严军(项堃 饰)授中正剑,暗中派参谋长沈继庆(姜长华 饰)和巩英伟(王守全 饰)监视贺、严二人,防止他们暗中通共。谷一平(宫建华 饰)是党派来的接头代表,他的到来引起沈的怀疑,因参加学运而 被当局通辑的贺兰(王晓薇 饰)此时也回到父亲贺军身边,更令沈疑心大增。保健医生杨萃(尤丽华 饰)曾是谷一平年轻时的恋人,志向的不同致两人分道扬镳,此次相见杨莫囗难辩。贺坚力排干扰,暗中与严军商定起义计划,并严密保护谷一平。起义前夕,贺兰遭沈继庆杀害,沈密授杨萃必要时对贺坚下毒手,关健时刻,早已是中共地下党员的严军击毙了前来游说的沈继庆,率部起义......