Arkansas (2020)
Directed by Clark Duke
Kyle and Swin live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog, whom they've never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, the consequences are deadly.
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Like most dark comedies in the same vein as Fargo , it all starts with one body and goes downhill until Frog himself has to step in to deal with things.
As we’ve seen in similar films such as Fargo, Goodfellas and even No Country for Old Men, a wad of cash only gets you so far.
Like the Coens with Fargo, Arkansas native Duke has set a crime film in his home state, featuring chatty criminals and surprising violence.
He’s got a little Frances McDormand-in- Fargo to him.
What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: The stuff Gen-Xers flocked to in the late ’90s, hoping to get a whiff of a taste of the magic of Pulp Fiction and Fargo .
The oafs-in-over-their-heads has a distinct Raising Arizona / Burn After Reading vibe.
Arkansas has life-and-death stakes that it never treats as improv opportunities — what separates it from Southern-set screwballs like Logan Lucky and Knives Out .
Hemsworth in particular feels at home in this low-key world, giving a performance of charm and depth reminiscent of Channing Tatum’s similar turn in the heist comedy “Logan Lucky.”