Burn

"Hell of a night"

2019 1h 29m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 369

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Synopsis

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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.

“Hell of a night”

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Cast

Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Melinda
Josh Hutcherson
Billy
Suki Waterhouse
Sheila
Shiloh Fernandez
Perry
Harry Shum Jr.
Officer Liu
James Devoti
Dominik
Robert Figueroa
Philip
John D. Hickman
Bruce

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike Gan
Writers: Mike Gan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mike Gan, shot by Jon Keng. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ceiri Torjussen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Marc Fusco shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Josh Hutcherson and Suki Waterhouse carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Hell of a night".

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IMDB entry: tt8009314 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Mike Gan directs. Jon Keng behind the camera. Ceiri Torjussen scores. Marc Fusco cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 7 years ago.
3Directed by Mike Gan, shot by Jon Keng. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Ceiri Torjussen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Marc Fusco shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Josh Hutcherson and Suki Waterhouse carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Hell of a night".
8IMDB entry: tt8009314 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "robbery", "gas station", "manipulation", "loneliness".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jon Keng
Original score: Ceiri Torjussen
Editing: Marc Fusco
Production design: Eric Whitney
Costume design: Annie Simon
Makeup / hair: Ingrid Okola
Sound: Abigail Savage
Stunt coordinator: Drew Leary
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $25,373
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Burn (2019)

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Gimly2019-09-12
★ 5/10
Does that "Starts in the middle of the action the flashes back to the start" thing that crops up sometimes, which I don't really like in movies. I think it works well for the ocassional episode of television and sometimes works out in mystery films, but even then, usually not. In a regular movie it mostly just feels like either they didn't have faith that their movie could keep audiences interested until the action kicks off later on, or they just can't figure out a decent way to start their movie off. Maybe both. Anyway, trying to pass off Josh Hutcherson as a brutish bad boy is fuckin' laughable and this whole thing is woefully under-explored. Can't think of anything quite like it I've seen before though, so points for that. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
CinemaSerf2022-06-02
★ 6/10
So, the slightly amateurish "Billy" (Josh Hutcherson) decides to rob a gas station staffed by two girls - "Melinda" (Tilda Cobham-Harvey) and "Sheila" (Suki Waterhouse). The former girl is a bit strange, subdued, reticent even; her colleague far more confident with men but when the heist happens "Melinda" decides that this might be a time to assert herself with the young man. What now ensues borders on slapstick at times as she manages to take him hostage, sellotapes him to a chair (whereupon she tries to have sex with him...!) before, well - you really have to watch it. It has some quite surreal moments. Handsome Harry Shum Jr. turns up now and again as an wholly ineffective local cop and the whole thing, though pretty basic on both production and writing levels, is actually quite a quirky and watchable effort from Mike Gan that could maybe have lost ten/fifteen minutes of character and scenario establishment, but is still worth a watch.