Storyline
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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Cast
John Malkovich, Barry Primus, Clark Duke, Michael Kenneth Williams, Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn, Jeff Chase, Vivica A. Fox, Eden Brolin, Patrick Muldoon, Brad William Henke, Troy Faruk, Demi Castro, Juston Street, Adina Galupa, Jared Bankens, Jacob Zachar, Chris Mullinax, Chandler Duke, Wayne Coyne, Samantha M Shaw
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Reviews
70
Not everything here works, including some lead casting. But this daylight noir should please viewers willing to roll along with a crime meller more interested in character quirks than action thrills.
68
While it’s hard to watch Arkansas and not see its debt to the Coen brothers, Duke finds a voice of his own in quiet, deadpan absurdities and southern-fried eccentricities.
67
The film bills itself as a suspense thriller due to the predicament Kyle and Swin must eventually try to escape, but it works best as a comedy using that narrative drama to entertain regardless of the stakes.
67
While Arkansas is a promising and often very entertaining first feature, Duke doesn’t combine these borrowed ingredients—excellent though they are—into a fully realized original story, with its own personality.
63
The film’s insistence on keeping the stakes low throughout is probably its key strength.
