The first movie from director and writer Francis Galluppi who comes right out of the gate with a movie that uses one location -- a truck stop where everyone's waiting for a tanker truck to fill up the gas pumps -- and sets the tension on high and just lets everything boil.
The Knife Salesman (Jim Commings) is one of those people that just can't wait to leave. Charlotte (Jocelin Donahue, The House of the Devil) is the waitress stuck there all day, dropped off by her husband, the sheriff (Michael Abbott Jr.). And then there are the two strangers that blow in full of menace, Travis (Nicholas Logan) and Beau (Richard Brake, the best part of many Rob Zombie movies). They just stole more money than you'd think was possible and are so close, so very close to Mexico.
So many people come in and out of the diner with various agendas: Deputy Gavin (Connor Paolo). A Native American named Pete (Jon Proudstar). A young couple named Miles (Ryan Masson) and Sybil (Sierra McCormick). Even Barbara Crampton, Alex Essoe and Faizon Love are in this.
It'd be easy to call this a Tarantino-style film. More to the point, it's a film influenced by the same influences, made by a new filmmaker who is ready to make a statement. This is one of my favorite movies that I've seen this year and I can't wait until this gets into wider release. It's something.
The Knife Salesman (Jim Commings) is one of those people that just can't wait to leave. Charlotte (Jocelin Donahue, The House of the Devil) is the waitress stuck there all day, dropped off by her husband, the sheriff (Michael Abbott Jr.). And then there are the two strangers that blow in full of menace, Travis (Nicholas Logan) and Beau (Richard Brake, the best part of many Rob Zombie movies). They just stole more money than you'd think was possible and are so close, so very close to Mexico.
So many people come in and out of the diner with various agendas: Deputy Gavin (Connor Paolo). A Native American named Pete (Jon Proudstar). A young couple named Miles (Ryan Masson) and Sybil (Sierra McCormick). Even Barbara Crampton, Alex Essoe and Faizon Love are in this.
It'd be easy to call this a Tarantino-style film. More to the point, it's a film influenced by the same influences, made by a new filmmaker who is ready to make a statement. This is one of my favorite movies that I've seen this year and I can't wait until this gets into wider release. It's something.