Burn (2019)
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A gas station attendant must navigate a series of escalating, violent complications after a robbery goes wrong.
The story
Melinda works the graveyard shift at a gas station when a man named Billy arrives with a stolen vehicle and a concealed handgun. While a police officer, Liu, stops by to purchase coffee, Melinda's coworker, Sheila, begins to bully her. The situation escalates when Billy initiates a robbery, and Melinda finds herself caught in the middle of a dangerous confrontation. As the tension rises between the employees and the armed intruder, Melinda must navigate the immediate dangers of the heist while trying to manage the presence of law enforcement nearby.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Melinda works the night shift at a gas station when a man named Billy enters with a stolen car and a gun. After a brief interaction with a police officer named Liu, the situation turns volatile when Billy attempts to rob the store. During the robbery, a struggle ensues between the employees and the intruder. Melinda eventually overpowers Billy, but the situation spirals out of control as she attempts to manage the aftermath of the violence. She faces further complications when a biker gang arrives looking for Billy and when Liu returns to investigate the scene. The tension peaks when Billy reappears, leading to a final confrontation where a fire breaks out, and Melinda is left to deal with the aftermath as emergency services arrive.
- Original title
- Plume
- First release year
- 2019
- Runtime (minutes)
- 88
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Mike Gan
- Writers
- Mike Gan · writer
- Cast and characters
- Tilda Cobham-Hervey · Melinda; Suki Waterhouse · Sheila; Harry Shum Jr.; Shiloh Fernandez; Josh Hutcherson
- Genres
- psychological comedy; crime thriller
- Themes
- survival; violence
- Tone and mood
- dark; tense
- Setting
- A gas station during the night.
- Premise and plot tags
- crime; heist; survival
- Reception
- mixed or average reviews
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 50% · review count: 12; Metacritic · score: 50 · scale: 100 · review count: 4
- Production trivia
- The film was originally titled Plume.
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