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:
哥特式风格故事,背景设定在1880的伦敦,男爵在挖坟埋在父亲之时偶然的找回了遗留在他父亲口袋的中奖彩票,随后他脸上露出了诡异的笑容。影片的广告噱,”Punishment Poll(惩罚投票)“,当影片情节进行到高潮部分时, 导演Castle突然出现在荧幕上给观众解释如何行使自己的投票权。每一位观众手里拿到了一张印有拇指的卡片,他们可以任一做出上或下的方向以决定Mr. Sardonicus在影片结尾是复活还是死亡?据不完全统计,基本上没有一位观众不是希望电影中反叛得到应有的报应。