MOVIE TITLE: The Last Stop in Yuma County
This crime drama is now available in select theaters, as well as on Amazon Prime Video and Fandango.
RATING: R
LENGTH: 1 hour 31 minutes
Movie Review Mom GRADE: B
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IN A NUTSHELL:
The story is about a traveling salesman who gets stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop. Two bank robbers show up and create a dire hostage situation where things get crazy. The morality lesson, in the end, is very clear.
Already, the film has won “Best Feature-Length Film” and “Best Narrative Feature” at two film festivals. Congratulations to Francis Galluppi, who makes his directorial debut.
THINGS I LIKED:
- Everyone in the cast did a terrific job. The cast includes Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Faizon Love, Gene Jones, Robin Bartlett, Richard Brake, Nicholas Logan, and more.
- I loved the one-shot camera scenes. The director did a great job building tension.
- You can feel the dust in your teeth as you watch the movie. The setting is mainly in one location in an old gas station next to a small diner in the middle of nowhere.
- The title is spoken by one of the characters but is, amusingly, cut off.
- The main guy mentions that his daughter lives in Carlsbad, California, explaining that the seaside town has tons of flowers and beaches. I lived there for 6 years and absolutely loved it! I lived on a hill and could see the famous flower fields and beaches from my house!
- Acts 1 and 2 move slowly, but things pick up in a frenzied pace in Act 3.
- Keep listening during the final rolling credits to hear an advertisement for the Japanese knives that the protagonist was selling.
- The soundtrack is fun.
THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:
- I hadn’t watched the trailer, so I had no idea this was going to be a blood bath in the style of Quentin Tarentino at one point. If you like that kind of movie, you’ll get a kick out of this one.
- The story is very slow moving.
- So many dumb people.
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
- Profanity, including F-bombs
- Kids will be bored
- Violence with guns, knives, and hand-to-hand fighting
- People die violent, bloody deaths
THEMES:
- Greed
- Survival
- Honesty
- Consequences
FUNNY LINES:
- “It sounds like a beautiful plan but it’s very unlikely.” – (Gene Jones)
Travis: He ain’t the smartest tool in the shed.
Beau: Sharpest.
Travis: What?
Beau: He ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed. Not smartest.
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