1 | ''Josie'' is a 2018 film directed by Eric England, written by Anthony Ragnone II, and distributed by Screen Media Films. |
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3 | Hank (Creator/DylanMcDermott) is a loner living in a sleepy Southern town who develops an odd relationship with Josie (Creator/SophieTurner), a mysterious young woman who recently arrived. |
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8 | * ActorAllusion: Like [[Series/GameOfThrones Sansa Stark]], [[spoiler:Josie's father was wrongfully executed and she takes revenge on one of the men who stood by as it happened by slitting his throat. Unlike Sansa, Josie does the deed herself]]. |
9 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The film's last scene has Josie in a bar, wearing a different wig, eyeing up one of her targets]]. |
10 | * TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Downplayed. "Josie" succeeds in her short-term goal of murdering Hank, but whether she'll finish her long-term goal of killing everyone involved in her father's death is up in the air.]] |
11 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:[[AntagonistTitle Josie herself]] is a SerialKiller intent on murdering everyone she feels was involved in her father's wrongful execution.]] |
12 | * BilingualBonus: Josie suggests that Hank buy a boat named "Tortuga". Tortuga is Spanish for tortoise and Hank owns two tortoises which [[spoiler:Josie takes with her when she leaves town after killing Hank]]. |
13 | * ChekhovsGunman: A mysterious long-haired man shows up time-to-time in Hank's field of view. It's revealed that [[spoiler:he's Josie's deceased father]]. |
14 | * DeepSouth: The film takes place in a town near the border called Baymont. |
15 | * TheDrifter: Josie. Unlike most examples, she has her own reasons for showing up in this particular town. |
16 | * FemmeFatale: Josie turns both Hank and Marcus on, and [[spoiler:sets them both up]]. |
17 | * FrameUp: [[spoiler:Josie frames Marcus for Hank's death, putting the knife she used in his hands]]. |
18 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Josie murders Hank and skips town to continue her killing spree]]. |
19 | * ManipulativeBitch: Josie plays everyone like a fiddle. |
20 | * MoralMyopia: [[spoiler:Even though Josie's father was executed because he was framed, she has no problem subjecting Marcus to the same fate.]] |
21 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Hank feels some amount of remorse for executing Josie's father. Because of this, Josie elects to give him a quick, clean death, unlike what she has planned for the rest]]. |
22 | * PosthumousNarration: [[spoiler:Hank narrates the scenes directly following his death before the film cuts back to Josie]]. |
23 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler:Josie's father was a convict on death row who was executed (he turned out to be innocent), an execution that Hank helped set up]]. |
24 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Josie seeks to murder the men who executed her father]]. |
25 | * SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Josie. In her case there are specific targets involved: every man who was involved in her father's death]]. |
26 | * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Hank's fate, courtesy of Josie]]. |
27 | * TattooedCrook: Josie is a FemmeFatale [[spoiler:and SerialKiller]] with a number of tattoos. |
28 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: [[spoiler:The Long-haired man is nothing special, but his daughter Josie is very attractive]]. |
29 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Josie's accent can change from mid-Atlantic to a vague Southern one over a single sentence. |
30 | * WigDressAccent: [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Josie changes her appearance with a wig (a jet-black bob) and different set of clothes when she eyes up her next victim]]. |
31 | * YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Hank helped execute Josie's father, so she's gunning for his head along with anyone else involved]]. |
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