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.
经过长达七年的修业之旅，绯牡丹阿龙（藤純子 饰）和组员飞车角（広瀬義宣 饰）返回故乡熊本，决心复兴父亲一手创立的矢野组。路上，他们偶然救助了遭到追杀的青年富士松（待田京介 饰），因此与当地的黑帮荒木田组结怨。 随着明治时代的到来，日本全面进入工业社会。九州筑丰一带富足的煤矿得到广泛开发，为了提高运输速度，铁路的铺设被提上日程。然而这项计划触及了远贺川流域运煤船工的利益，他们和承包工程的帮派组织多次发生冲突。阿龙的叔父川边要次郎（嵐寛寿郎 饰）在冲突中受伤，不治身亡。他在临死前将组织托付给阿龙，并嘱托她一定要完成铁路的建设。继承叔父的遗志，阿龙全力推进工程的进行，因此和代表船工利益的堪藏（石山健二郎 饰）产生矛盾。另一方面，心怀不轨的荒木田组伊之助（天津敏 饰）时刻寻找机会，准备一举摧毁铁路工程以及阿龙、堪藏的组织……
