The Zero Hour (Spanish: La hora cero) is a 2010 Venezuelan action film directed by Diego Velasco that takes place during a medical strike in Venezuela.

Parca (Zapata 666), a self-described Grim reaper[1] and regular sicario,[2] brings a pregnant injured woman (Amanda Key) to his gang; the locals are unsympathetic to the doctors' reasons for strike and kidnap a doctor (Erich Wildpret) from the picket line, but the child is born in the back of a car.

Witnessing this, Parca becomes invested in helping the needy, holding-up a private hospital and taking hostages to release in return for treatment of those from the slums.

[3] The production mimicked the story of the film, facing troubles involving the kidnap of three crew members,[1] including its co-producer,[2] director Velasco being held-up at gunpoint, and the assassination of an actor shortly before recording his parts.

[2] By 2016, it was the highest-grossing Venezuelan national film,[4] getting $3.5 million in box office takings in Venezuela.