14 minutes. One car. Two friends. Zero mercy.
To escape a bleak future, an unsuspecting yet willing accomplice drives his childhood friend after a robbery, but when things turn deadly, he must confront where his loyalties lie.
Acting
Plessala and Becker sell years of damage in glances.
Cinematography
Desert heat practically burns through the screen.
Director
Garrett Adams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 14-minute runtime mirrors classic Western two-handlers like '3:10 to Yuma'—proving economy of story beats spectacle. Garrett Adams squeezes a feature's worth of character history into silences and cigarette passes.
The 'willing accomplice' framing deliberately subverts the 'ride or die' romanticism in hip-hop and crime cinema, asking who actually benefits from that loyalty. The desert setting isn't just aesthetic—it's a grave that hasn't been dug yet.
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