‘Violent Ends’: How a Southern Thriller Without ‘Redneck Yokel Stereotypes’ Depicts the ‘Cyclical Nature of Violence’ Through a Bloody Family Feud

Arkansas native John-Michael Powell had something to prove by foregrounding the Ozark mountains in his new crime thriller “Violent Ends,” in theaters now via Independent Film Company. “There’s some great Southern cinema, don’t get me wrong,” Powell says. “But I think oftentimes Southerners, and Arkansans especially, are relegated to redneck yokel stereotypes: The lovable fools, […]