WFG RATING: A

Well Go USA Entertainment presents a Local Boogeyman Productions film in association with Carte Blanche and Random Lane Productions. Written, edited, and directed by Francis Galluppi. Produced by Matt O’Neill, Atif Malik, and Francis Galluppi. Cinematography by Mac Fisken.

Stars Jim Cummings, Joceline Donahue, Richard Brake, Nicholas Logan, Faizon Love, Michael Abbott Jr., Sierra McCormick, Connor Paolo, Jon Proudstar, Sam Huntington, Alex Essoe, and Barbara Crampton.

What starts out as an ordinary day turns to chaos in this dark comedy from Francis Galluppi. 

On his way out of Yuma County, a knife salesman comes across the last gas station in the area. However, he learns that there is no gas available and a tanker is on its way. He decides to stop at the local diner located next to the station, where he befriends Charlotte, the waitress who is married to the area’s sheriff, Charlie. However, when two men also waiting on gas, Beau and Travis, come to the diner, things are about to get really bad.

Beau and Travis have robbed the local bank and have stashed $500,000. Their attempt to getaway has been flawed due to the fact that they, too, have to wait for the tanker to arrive. Forcing the knife salesman and Charlotte at gunpoint to pretend to go about their business, Beau and Travis think the plan will work. However, as more customers waiting on gas show up, this is one plan that may backfire for everyone involved. 

This is a fun dark comedy from the mind of Francis Galluppi in one, it has a terrific ensemble cast, and two, chaos is set to ensue as it starts out with what appears to be two main characters in a bind only to consistently multiply by the forty-minute mark. And if that’s not crazy enough, the one-hour mark of this 90-minute film is sure to turn heads one way or another. 

The story of a knife salesman and waitress forced to go about their business by two bank robbers all within the confines of a diner seems like a great premise for a film and guess what? It delivers thanks to the arrival of the extra characters, who in the case of some, have some backstories that make it more head-popping and makes you wonder who may be good and who may be bad. 

Jim Cummings, who shined in The Wolf of Snow Hollow, once again delivers a great performance as the timid knife salesman (the only character to not have an actual name) who gets along well with Jocelin Donahue’s diner owner Charlotte. However, once Richard Brake’s Beau and Nicholas Logan’s Travis enters the mix, the real fun begins. Brake once again shows why he is such a smooth villain actor with his performance while Logan does well as the bumbling sidekick. Some standouts of the film in terms of eventual customers include Sierra McCormick and Connor Paolo as a pair of thieves, Faizon Love as the gas station owner,  Michael Abbott Jr. as Charlotte’s sheriff husband, and WorldFilmGeek Hall of Famer Barbara Crampton in a role unlike never before who coincidentally has the same name of the character she plays in the video game adaptation of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. 

As mentioned, the chaos really goes wild at the one-hour mark as just when you think the film’s over, Galluppi throws in a hell of a curveball that has to be seen. There is a meshing of unpredictability and the predictable, but it definitely keeps the pacing of the film going as there are more turns until the very end of the film.

The Last Stop in Yuma County is a sheer piece of brilliance from the mind of Francis Galluppi. With an amazing ensemble cast backing him up, the film delivers on all fronts with its jaw-dropping twists and amazing third act. Definitely one to check out. 

The film comes out in select theaters and Digital on May 10. You can pre-order your digital copy on Apple+