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The biggest strength of 5.7 Seconds has to be its story. Director duo Tim Aslin and Shane Cibella’s short film is mostly confined to the inside of a car. It begins with a woman hurriedly getting into a car. She’s clearly trying to hide from the outside, which implies something terrible out there. Inside the car, she finds a man in the backseat. He appears to be all nice and normal. But she is skeptical. She’s injured and bleeding, but when he offers to help, she refuses. He tries to assure her that she has absolutely nothing to fear, and just like her, he’s also hiding (from whatever is out there) inside the car. But she still doesn’t want to believe it. In fact, she still thinks he’s one of them. Now if I told you who she’s referring to as “them,” it would be a major spoiler,...