In the world of the neo-noir crime saga Pickings, southern belleย Jo (Elyse Price) escapes a life of crime with the love of her life Marvin Lee-Haywood (Taso Mikroulis) to raise a family as law-abiding citizens.
But the violence quickly follows her into suburbia, tragically claiming the lives of her husband and her youngest child. Jo and the rest of the Haywood clan flee deeper into the Midwest, hiding in plain sight as the owners of the local watering pit, the Pickings Bar. Life goes on, the family heals, and the children grow. Soon Joโs eldest daughter Scarlet (Katie Vincent) comes into her own, mixing drinks and running the bar.
The sinister darkness creeps back into the Haywoodsโ lives when two strangers arrive at the bar late one night. A local small-town mobster has caught the barโs scent and he wants a taste. But when his men demand what isnโt rightfully theirs, they find out theyโve bitten off more than they can chew. Jo and her brother Boone Pickens (Joel Bernard) make quick work of the peacocking cowards; Jo as the executioner and Boone, the mortician. A shocked Scarlet watches in horror, finally grasping a full understanding of her motherโs former life.
But mob boss Leo DeVitto (Emil Ferzola) isnโt one to roll over that easily. Once he notices his henchmen missing, he sends reinforcements. Another Haywood child dies at the bloodstained hands of criminals; this time it is Joโs only son, Dawson (Christopher Liam Gentry), who is left to bleed out in the street. Meanwhile, Scarlet is kidnapped and held by Leoโs men as a bargaining chip. Heartbroken and desperate, Jo is forced to make a call to save her daughterโs life. She calls her sisters, Doris (Michelle Holland) and May Pickens (Lynne Jordan), the notorious queens of the Pickens family crime syndicate.
The Pickens family unites under one roof once again with a common goal. Leo DeVitto has messed with the wrong family; his small brain canโt even begin to comprehend the hurt the Pickens women and their brother are about to rain down. With a plan in motion, the Pickens prepare for war. The small town is wiped clean of Leo and his men as the Pickensโ wrath burns through the town. There is no happy ever after, but the bad get whatโs coming to them in this action-filled crime drama. The Kill Bill-style film highlights the power in the wrath of a wounded mother and the lengths she will go to protect the children she has left.
Pickings is scheduled to be released to select AMC theaters via Dark Passage Films and Digital Magic Entertainment on March 2nd, 2018. For additional information on the film’s theatrical release, visit www.PickingsFilm.com, or follow the film on facebook.com/PickingsFilm