

A hitman walks into a diner. The spaghetti western went indie and got DARK.
Based on the spaghetti westerns of the 70's and Film Noir of the 50's but set in today's times, Virgil is a gun for hire for the mysterious Boss. He visits The Man to collect information for The Boss that only 3 men have. The first 2 are dead.
Direction
Barrera squeezes Leone-sized tension into 15 minutes
Acting
Villalobos brothers: one terrified, one terrifying
Director
Samuel R. Barrera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Austin, Texas for approximately the cost of a decent used car. The diner location was a functioning restaurant that let them film during closing hours.
Part of a loose anthology series ('A Few Tales of Hard Times') that never completed its planned 12 chapters—making this accidental orphan cinema.
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