The Little Things
Movie Name:- The Little Things
The Little Things is a 2021 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by John Lee Hancock, [4] [5] and produced by Hancock and Mark Johnson. The plot follows two police officers (Danielle Washington and Rami Malek) who try to catch a serial killer in Los Angeles in the 1990s when they find a strange man (Jared Leto) who becomes their top suspect . Chris Bauer, Michael Hyatt, Terry Kinney and Natalie Morales also star.
The Little Things was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 29, 2021, as well as a one-month simultaneous release on the HBO Max streaming service. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performance, direction and atmosphere, but known the film as familiar and criticized the screenplay, with some comparing it to the 1995 film Seven. For his performance, Leto received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
One night in 1990, a girl drove on a highway, which was chased by a motorist. She arrives at a gas station, where the motorist chases her. The gas station is closed and he is forced to walk through the desert. He attracts the attention of a truck driver, escaping the chase.
Some time later in Bakersfield, Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" DeCone has been called to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to collect evidence related to the recent murder. Deka, a former LA sheriff's detective, notices similarities between MO at the scene of L.A. Deacon's murder with recently appointed lead detective Jimmy Baxter. Assassination and M.O. He was not able to solve an old serial murder case.
That night, a woman named Ronda Rathbun is chased by a car while jogging and is reported missing the next morning. Baxter, the erstwhile captain, learns from Farris that Deacon is divorced and has a heart attack because of his obsession with the unsolved case. He has been advised not to involve them further but Deacon takes leave leave to assist in settling Baxter's case.
The next night, police found the body of another victim under a bridge. Baxter made M.O. Corresponds to earlier murders and earlier murders: all prostitutes who were victims were stabbed. Deacon began investigating Albert Sarma, who was working at a repair shop in the proximity of the murders. Deacon taunted Sarma, but was thwarted, so he brought Sarma for questioning. Sarma taunts the detectives during the interrogation, and Deacon is let off after being provoked angrily.
The FBI is called within weeks to take charge of the investigation, giving Deacon and Baxter less time. Farris informs Baxter that eight years ago, Sarma confessed to a murder he could not commit because he was ten miles away from her at the time. Also that he is prone to crime and thus an unbelievable doubt. The following night two detectives tail Sperm to a strip club after a failed search of Sarma's apartment. Baxter leaves Sarma alone and demands to know Rathbun's location. Sarma offers to drive him to where he allegedly hid Rathbun's body, and Baxter cautiously agrees while Deacon follows.
Sarma takes Baxter to a remote area of ​​the desert and dug several holes before admitting that he never killed anyone. Baxter is in doubt, and digging continues. Sarma starts taunting him, until Baxter kills him with a shovel in the face, until he kills him. As Deacon arrives, a flashback reveals that he accidentally shot one of the survivors in his last murder case, and the coroner, Faris and Dunnigan helped cover it up. Deacon instructs Baxter to bury Sarma in the desert. Deacon gathers everything in Sarma's apartment to spend the night and returns to the desert the next morning to find out that Baxter has not buried Sarma and is still searching for the victim. Baxter is desperate to believe that Sarma is the killer, hoping it will clear his conscience and close the case. Deacon advises her to forget the case or it bothers her for a lifetime.
Later, Baxter finds an envelope containing what is believed to be a red barret that Rathbun wore on the night of his disappearance. At his home, Dickon burned the rest of the evidence found in the apartment. He also disappears a new pack of Barrett with Red.
