Burn (2019)

I liked it

Had very good cinematography, setting and score. Decent acting especially from the female lead. Also deviated from the usual cliches which was nice.

Give it a solid 7

Fmovies: I just watched it. And the central character immediately caught my interest. I just couldn't pause or stop it. I never expected it to be so rich and puzzling. It's definitely not among the best. But it's not boring at all. It's entertaining, well written and the cinematography is very good. What makes it so amazing is "THE CAST". The main lead is a brilliant female Actor. And everyone else performed so well. Only flaws are - Character design and story's ending could have been better (for me). But that's just me. The one that this movie presents isn't bad either.

What convenience store is gonna have embroidered name tags?!?

I can't even imagine what my pal Rob would say about this place. He's worked at every convent store imaginable.

OMG this creep is very creepy.

Good for you Sheila. I have a feeling that is the last night thing I will say about you.

They are charging the police for a cup of coffee? Guy you want to be burgled.

This guy is an idiot in several ways that are not even worth elaborating on. You know. *smh*

Come on Melinda... Do the right thing... ?

I would've gone higher on the zip ties. Bad truck driver. How about a little empathy.

Why is she buying a lottery ticket? Is that part of the story?

If they were really his friend they might've recognized his piece.

Burn fmovies. Was this a weird story or not? i think so, and i think the last laugh is the best when the policeman asks''what happened here tonight''.

its a story about a shy and underestimated girl that does the dirtywork that noone else will do at the gasstation. she has a colleague that has karisma sharm and beauty to melt and control anyone, and its a man with a gun who tries to rob the gasstation. the robbery goes kinda bananas, and to find out what really happeneo watch ''burn''.

its a good story, it might be a bit slowpaced to many but it develops a way that many viewers will love. it has its crazy twists and turns that surprised me more than once. there are some accidental comedy here and there, but its not made for an oscar to win.

the grumpy old man recommends this flick cause when the going gets tough the tough gets going or burning or whatever....

Initially, in the beginning, I didn't expect much when it was apparent it was going to be another film with a quick-stop gas/grocery robbery as the setting. And it doesn't deviate from that setting, but what it gives us in twists/surprises; unique characters; good acting & dialogue made this movie an engaging viewing.

Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Melinda and Suki Waterhouse as Sheila are extraordinarily in tune with what their characters call for to set Burn out on the unpredictable path it follows. Melinda is a sweetly disturbed, well intentioned, lonely girl who forces awkward moments with customers and who dips her finger in freshly brewed coffee to feel the heat she wishes to have with a man. There's an off kilter emptiness to Melinda that Cobham-Hervey puts front and center with an appropriate misleading elegance, creating a complex and dangerous character in a standout performance. And Waterhouse steals every scene she's in as the wise cracking Sheila who instigates and pushes boundaries with the chip on her shoulder and eye rolling attitude. The 2 are the perfect foil for Josh Hutcherson's Billy, the would be robber who wandered into the wrong gas station. Hutcherson is effective here, perfectly charming and convincingly hot headed when his charm fails him. Burn is a fantastic little thriller that unfolds slowly to reveal a twisted series of events, and its 3 stars are integral to its success in a dialogue heavy script. I don't know if there's good and evil in the gas station where Melinda works, maybe just a thin line in between the 2 extremes and Burn manages to toe that line and explore the grayest areas of life, the purgatory people create for themselves...or find themselves in. It's here where Melinda lives, on the edges of this thin line between good and evil in the seedy gas station of the highway called Paradise Pumps. And if heaven is paradise, this long night at Paradise Pumps proves that paradise is indeed lost. Burn is a great little gem, I hope people check this one out.