In Francis Galluppi's lean, tight, and stylishly clever pressure-cooker indie thriller, two bank robbers take over an Arizona diner.
‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ Review: An Accomplished Pressure-Cooker Thriller That’s Like a Tarantino-Fueled Noir, 30 Years Later
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That’s when Beau and Travis walk in. They’re the bank robbers, and it doesn’t take long for them to figure out that Charlotte has already made them. Galluppi has an exceptional eye for actors, and he scores a real coup by casting Richard Brake as the alpha crook. As Beau, Brake is tall and gaunt, with burning eyes, a rotter who looks like Steve Buscemi crossed with David Byrne crossed with a human rattlesnake who’s a lifelong junkie. Yet he speaks in a voice that’s bone-dry with logic.
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