Really glad I landed on this one tonight. Small Town Crime reminded me of a sort of one-horse/one town Pulp Fiction in many ways. A character heavy, stylized (but not over-stylized) noir/crime film with with some dark humor and Westerns homage thrown in. Not as much of a comic book feel as PF, but this is definitely a movie that hovers slightly beyond how the real world works. Loved the contrasts: brutal shoot em ups transposed against everyday domestic scenes, the overly stereotyped characters and the quirky unique ones. Lot's of car chases and scenes in cars, and for the lead character, his souped-up 80s muscle car is an anchor set piece. The story here isn't as gritty as you might think; it's lighter and breezier than its subject matter; the villains here are comic book villains, the the heroes are drunks and pimps, and the bad guys die and the good guys live. As others have said, the movie was amply cast with talented actors.
Review of Small Town Crime
