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Last Stop in Yuma County is a perfectly efficient low-budget indie pulp crime neo-western film that is sadly nothing more.

Last Stop in Yuma County The film is a mishmash of the low-budget crime films that were Hollywood mainstays in the 1970s, and yet another postmodern mishmash. Quentin Tarantino This was the film that launched his career. His directorial debut. Francis Galuppi I love the genre, sure, but maybe a little too much: this movie doesn't do much to surprise or impress us.

Last Stop in Yuma County The film is set in 1970s Arizona, tapping into the filmmakers' nostalgia for a bygone era while also removing the inconvenience of smartphones, which make writing crime stories today difficult because so much of the suspense filmmakers rely on is based on people not being able to get in touch with each other immediately. While smartphones often solve many of the real-life problems, they also rob storytellers of an easy way to generate suspense: the ability to turn a traveling salesman (Jim Cummings) stops at a gas station only to find that his tank is empty and that the day's gas delivery is delayed, so he decides to wait at the diner next door, get gas in his car, and then drive to California to attend his young daughter's birthday. The only waitress is the local sheriff's wife (Jocelyn Donahue), and two bank robbers (Richard Brake and Nicholas Logan) shows up, more patrons show up, everyone is stranded and in need of gas, a standoff ensues, and the rest of the story is whether anyone gets out of this situation unscathed.

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Great crime movies and stories Last Stop in Yuma CountyBut the downside is that the story lacks any novelty, surprise or humor to lift it out of the mold. The characters are all archetypes and nothing more. The story unfolds like a puzzle, resolving itself on its own, without any interesting themes or moments that would make the film memorable. It's an exercise in pastiche, it feels like a showreel or a filmmaker's calling card. Galuppi shows he's a capable and competent director, but doesn't seem to have anything to say. He'll do a good job on whatever film he's hired to do next, but so far he's established himself as a good craftsman director, but nothing else. This is the kind of low-budget indie crime film you watch when there are no other good films to watch, and the kind you won't remember after you've finished it.

Last Stop in Yuma County It's currently available on VOD. Blu-ray.

Last Stop in Yuma County

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Reviewer Adi Tantimed

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7/Ten

A perfectly efficient low-budget indie crime film. It feels like an audition or showreel for a new director. It lacks memorable characters, humor, or surprises, and although it does kill time, you won't regret watching it. But you probably won't remember it much after you've finished watching it, especially if a more interesting film comes along.

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