意外英雄

　　一场突如其来的鼠疫在德国科隆降临。一时之间，街道、下水道、家里、垃圾堆，到处都堆满了老鼠。一例例被感染的病人相继死去。一批批的人被强硬隔离起来，恐惧与慌乱随着空气一起蔓延开来，整个城市被死神的阴影笼罩着…… 在德国的科隆，发生了出人意料的事情，中世纪的瘟疫——“黑死病”再次侵袭了这座城市。事发于一个流浪汉猝死街头，令人难以置信地显现了黑死病地症候。综合医疗调查组的马丁·布鲁格医生和疾病控制专家克莱蒙·林德斯尔在这座古城发现了可怕的一幕。大堆的死鼠堵塞了下水道，是它们引起瘟疫德吗？为了避免市民恐慌，政府没有接受专家的意见。只是一些要人也开始变得奄奄一息时，事情才明朗起来……

　　改编自同名漫画，故事设定在不远的未来，世界一片混乱。为了解决问题，政府计划秘密播送一种广播信号，让所有人都无法犯罪。时间有限，三人团伙(埃德加·拉米雷兹、安娜·布鲁斯特、迈克尔·皮特出演)决定大干一场，在政府开始广播之前完成打劫计划。而他们的行动也将成为美国历史上最后一个犯罪活动。

　　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.

　　故事发生在八十年代的北京。几年前，在农村插队的盛夏（肖雄 饰）返城回京，当了一名卖肉的售货员，她把希望寄托在男友柯平（梁同裕 饰）身上，指望他能评上职称，同时她也想通过自学改变未来的前途。她以同寝室好友秦园（徐晓星 饰）为追赶目标，利用一切业余时间补习英语和其它文化课，力争参加高考。临近高考，盛夏发现自己怀孕了，柯平趁机提出结婚要求，而盛夏不想失去高考机会做了流产，俩人为此产生隔膜。因受情绪影响，盛夏高考失败，柯平也离开了她。面对双重精神打击，盛夏咬牙坚持着走向自学成才之路，秦园高考的成功也时刻激励着她，她相信光明就在前头......