塔兰塔的旅途

　　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.

　　客人们来到塞内夏尔家参加晚宴，却发现晚宴要在明晚才举行。他们只好去一家小酒馆，但计划再次受挫，因为小酒馆正在为他们刚去世的店主守灵。另一次聚餐也由于塞内夏尔夫妇偷偷从家里溜出去亲热而临时取消；来客们却误以为警察要发动袭击，赶紧溜之大吉。接下来的一次晚宴也被迫中断，因为拉练的部队出人意料地出现在塞内夏尔公馆。甚至噩梦也为他们要举办晚宴这一受挫的努力提供佐料：他们兴致勃勃入席，却莫名其妙发现身边的帷幕突然拉起，他们成了坐在舞台上用餐的表演者。还有一次，陆军上校当着唐·拉斐尔大使的面污辱了所谓的米兰达共和国，险些酿成外交灾祸，当然更不必提那晚的聚餐了。就这样，影片中的六个人物（包括塞内夏尔夫妇、唐·拉斐尔大使）不断地坐下来用餐，却总是出现意想不到的障碍，使他们吃不成。