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The Vern: A One Hit Wonder Story (2010)
a small time hood gets stuck between murderers in a Texas town
This is the kind of film Robert Mitchum would have made back in the day. He would have been perfect as Vern. But then Karl Anderson was pitch perfect as the title character. In fact, the whole cast did an amazing job on this zero budget project. There are tent pole summer movies that can't boast a fraction of the talent these players have.
First time film maker Joe McReynolds does wonders with very little money. Someone give him some real cash for the next project please! Interesting mise en scene, some great cinematography, great bits of dialogue all come together to make this a way above average thriller. Well worth the viewer's time.
I like the way Raymond Chandler put it on the cover blurb for Paul Cain's Fast One, "Some kind of high point in the ultra hardboiled manner."