Small Town Crime

A boss Chevy Nova
Eshom and Ian Nelms' Small Town Crime is aptly self-described. John Hawkes plays an alcoholic ex-cop who left his local department in disgrace. When he discovers the corpse of a teenage prostitute, his search for her killer provides him a chance for redemption. Hawkes rips around Utah in a souped up Nova, a beer always at the ready, intent on a dogged investigation. The film has a paint by numbers feel despite the magnificently cruddy locations. Still, Hawkes is eminently watchable and the supporting cast is superb: including Anthony Anderson, Olivia Spencer, Robert Forster, Clifton Collins Jr., and Jeremy Ratchford.

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