Line #20 Film/Josie


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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6	!!Tropes that appear in this film:
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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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