Synopsis
Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.
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Cast
- Tilda Cobham-HerveyMelinda
- Josh HutchersonBilly
- Suki WaterhouseSheila
- Shiloh FernandezPerry
- Harry Shum Jr.Officer Liu
- James DevotiDominik
- Robert FigueroaPhilip
- John D. HickmanBruce
- Wayne PyleFred
- Winter-Lee HollandDelores
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
The film is fast and tight and hits all the beats perfectly. - 63
RogerEbert.com
Some of the choices strain credulity and the biggest name in the piece, Josh Hutcherson, feels miscast, but this is a film that kept me uncertain of what would happen next and affirms Gan as an interesting young filmmaker to watch. - 50
Variety
The problem is that writer-director Mike Gan’s first feature, though competently handled in most departments, doesn’t commit enough to any approach to fulfill its potential. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Neither Gan's screenplay nor his direction of the cast quite sells this scenario, but once he introduces some accidental violence, the picture can ride the familiar logic of crime-gone-wrong storytelling.
