Little Dixie

Little Dixie follows Doc Alexander, a former Special Forces operative who has been working in secret to arrange a truce between a Mexican drug cartel and a state governor. The deal trades leniency in court proceedings for money, but it collapses when the governor publicly celebrates the execution of a senior cartel figure. Doc and the governor's chief of staff try to explain what has been undone, but the damage is done, and the cartel's enforcer sets his sights on Doc and the daughter he is trying to protect.

The film was directed by John Swab, who also wrote the screenplay and produced alongside Robert Ogden Barnum and Jeremy M. Rosen. It is the fifth of seven features he directed, arriving between Candy Land and Long Gone Heroes. Frank Grillo stars as Doc, with Eric Dane as Governor Richard Jeffs, Annabeth Gish, Mercedes Mason, Peter Greene and Beau Knapp among a credited cast of 28. It runs 105 minutes and was released in February 2023.

Reception was muted: on IMDb it holds 4.9 out of 10 from around 2,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.8 from 169 votes. A critics' rating of 5.5 from 17 reviews places it close to the audience scores, suggesting broad agreement rather than a sharp split.