A Sheriff's Deputy in a small rural town is tasked with guarding a crime scene, and the dead body lying in the middle of it. But when the Deputy somehow manages to lose said body, he inadvertently uncovers a criminal conspiracy as he attempts to get it back. Much like it's central character, The Deputy  - which is based on the book by Victor Gischler - can be a bit slow and meandering, as we follow Deputy Toby (Duke Nicholson) on his roundabout journey to find the body that has inexplicably wandered off from the crime scene he was charged with guarding. Yet it also makes for somewhat compelling viewing as our plodding hero eventually discovers there is something ugly going on in this little town. Slowly, that odd pace begins to make sense. Afterall, this is Toby's journey, and all throughout we are with him as he goes about - in his own unique way - trying to figure out what is going on. Nicholson is the perfect embodiment of 'failure to launch' as he emerges from t...