In the brooding neo-noir Sweet Virginia (2017), a quiet Alaskan town is shaken by a brutal triple homicide that draws together a haunted motel owner and ex-rodeo star, Sam (Jon Bernthal), and a mysterious drifter, Elwood (Christopher Abbott). As their uneasy connection deepens, buried violence and moral decay simmer beneath the surface, unraveling into an intimate, slow-burning study of guilt, masculinity, and survival in isolation.