With a feel for 1970s dramas and a dash of Swedish film sweetness, "Leather" tells the story of Birch, a young mountain man living in the Catskills, who reconnects with his childhood friend from the city, Andrew.
原作《甜心战士》曾于1973年在《周刊少年Champion》上连载，东映动画曾将其制作成TV动画在朝日电视台播出了25集。在2004年，庵野秀明曾经将该漫画拍成真人版首次搬上银幕，由佐藤江梨子主演并引起了巨大话题。 此次的新作将把背景设定在近未来，世界各地气候异常、未知病毒蔓延导致人口急剧下降，根据某位博士的愿望诞生了一名有着人类感情的人工智能甜心战士。在该作中，运动神经超群的西内玛利亚将首次挑战动作戏份。
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.
