Overview
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-gotten fortune.
Every time I see a re-make of a classic movie or a tired franchise resurrected again, I think of movies like this one. It has a rather simple premise shot at a single location, and it is fantastic. The script, the acting, the theme – its all right there. I’ve seen a couple of comparisons to “The Hateful Eight” – I am not so sure about that comparison. In that movie, you knew that there was going to be a bloody resolution to the conflict, and in a sense the movie was always building to that. While this movie is a slow burn, the resolution isn’t a singular event. The theme is driven home repeatedly as it shifts from character to character.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Last Stop in Yuma County
Movie title: The Last Stop in Yuma County
Movie description: While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-gotten fortune.
Date published: 2024-08-03
Director(s): Francis Galluppi
Actor(s): Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Richard Brake, Nicholas Logan, Michael Abbott Jr., Sierra McCormick, Ryan Masson, Connor Paolo, Faizon Love, Gene Jones, Robin Bartlett, Jon Proudstar, Barbara Crampton, Alex Essoe, Sam Huntington, Robert Broski, Matt McVay, Scarlett Olson
Genre: Crime, Thriller
My Review
Every time I see a re-make of a classic movie or a tired franchise resurrected again, I think of movies like this one. It has a rather simple premise shot at a single location, and it is fantastic. The script, the acting, the theme – its all right there. I’ve seen a couple of comparisons to “The Hateful Eight” – I am not so sure about that comparison. In that movie, you knew that there was going to be a bloody resolution to the conflict, and in a sense the movie was always building to that. While this movie is a slow burn, the resolution isn’t a singular event. The theme is driven home repeatedly as it shifts from character to character.
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My Review - 8/10
8/10