天降神运

　　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。

　　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.