这是一部意在探讨释放囚犯心理的动作文艺片,一名刚出狱的囚犯,他回到地处密西西比河的故乡探望心爱的女儿;不料遇上了一个对他充满敌意和歧视的巡警对他百般为难,这一极不友好的言行使得他这一趟密西西比之行变得十分困惑和艰难.该片故事情节发展衔接较为顺畅,加上汤米.李.琼斯和马莎.普林顿的卖力表现,其可欣赏性大为增强.
Film noir has taught audiences that bad things can happen in picture-perfect small towns just as easily as in the grimy big city, but rarely have filmgoers seen a film noir that’s also an ecclesiastical musical. Violent, propulsive, and gorgeous, Gass-Donnelly’s remarkable genre mash-up about a local police officer investigating a murder in a Mennonite community is filled with ...