他和她的故事

　　影片由一个少年学艺、为父报仇的故事展开，发展为一个抗击恶势力、维护家人利益的励志故事，主角叶少侠在尚武镇历尽艰辛吃尽苦头，最终成为一代大师。剧中人物以喜剧表演风格将影片维持在一个轻松氛围中，所塑造的叶少侠行为上除了体现中国儒家传统的忠孝仁义等优秀品质外，还带有西方泊来的平等博爱等观念的影响。而叶少侠初期自身缺点——争强好胜的少年心性，也让他在励志学武过程中更加的赋予人物色彩。过程中武艺精进，实则是少年心性的塑造，开始的一心复仇，到了影片的后半部分更多的是迫不得已才出手，保卫“家人”而出手，复仇的情节早已在人物成长中有所释怀。影片对反派的恶丝毫不留情面，反派所代表的外邦势力，更能让人感受到故事发生时期人民所受的屈辱。这将是给主角展示能力的合理依据，不仅是反省，更是自强则国强的隐喻。

　　孪生兄弟龙尼·克雷和雷吉·克雷出生后由意志坚强的母亲维奥莱特和两个姨妈抚养成人，两兄弟从小生活在女人堆里，对妇女产生了敬畏的感情。50年代，已长大成人的克雷兄弟变得冷酷无情了，喜欢暴力。克雷兄弟在伦敦接收了一个行将倒闭的弹子房，改造成一家夜总会。雷吉看上了青年姑娘弗朗西丝便和她结了婚。这引起了龙尼的妒忌。他带来姨妈罗丝的噩耗，打断了雷吉和弗朗西丝的蜜月。60 年代，克雷兄弟得到了美国下层社会匪帮的支持，吞并了了他们对立的马耳他匪帮的地盘，扩大了他们的王国。此时，弗朗西丝受到周围黑社会沉重的压力，而且不能与她的婆婆相处，她越来越神经过敏，郁郁寡欢，终于自杀了。这给雷吉打击很大，他得了抑郁症而精神崩溃。龙尼为了帮助他的弟弟从绝望中挣脱出来，两兄弟便向他们的敌人发起攻击。

　　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.