Small Town Crime

Small Town Crime Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie
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A pretty great crime thriller set in small town (quelle surprise!) somewhere in the northern Rocky Mountain region. I would have guessed Montana or Wyoming, but Wikipedia says it was shot in Utah. They drop a couple of names, but I'm pretty sure they are all red herrings. It is definitely not Orange County. Lots of wide open spaces and nearby big mountains. 

John Hawkes is an alcoholic ex-cop who is just a disaster. He's not far from hitting bottom. It must be set in back in the 80's because bartenders are still letting guys get drunk and drive home. I mean back when we had the big campaign against drunk driving courts ruled they were responsible, right? Anyway, he is so bad we almost quit watching it, but then he finds a badly injured young woman by the side of road and he starts picking himself up. From there it's pure noir, lots of shady characters telling all kinds of bullshit stories. The body count starts rising and the show culminates with a couple of well done gun fights. Best show I've seen in a while.

Variety has a decent review, but they seem surprised that the old rich dude (Robert Forster) living in a Rocky Mountain state has a high powered rifle and knows how to use it. I think that is more the norm in those areas. I would be surprised if he didn't have one.

Jeremy Ratchford as Orthopedic and James Lafferty as Tony Lama, hired killers in Small Town Crime 

There is a pair of hired killers, and while they aren't given a lot of dialog, Jeremy's character is memorable, and not just for his name. We only learned that through the subtitles. I mean what kind of name is 'Orthopedic'? I don't think it is ever mentioned. Reminds of previous duo's of hired killers I've seen in the movies.

Netflix, hour and a half long.