Action

Drama

Thriller

The Last Castle

DreamWorks Pictures

Robert Lawrence Productions

United States of America

English

Robert Redford

James Gandolfini

Mark Ruffalo

Delroy Lindo

Clifton Collins Jr.

Kristen Shaw

Paul Calderon

Brian Goodman

Steve Burton

Sam Ball

Jeremy Childs

George W. Scott

Steve Sandfort

Michael Irby

Frank Military

Nick Kokich

David Alford

Dean Hall

Peg Allen

Rick Vito

Maurice Bullard

Forrest D. Bradford

Scott Michael

Dean Miller

Michael Q. Davis

Joe Keenan

David Chattam

Dan Cole

Hans Mooy

James-Justone-Thomas

Jamie Roberto Mantecon

Jeffery G. Fagan

Lyon Fleming

Darius Willis

Rico Moody

Rocky Abou-Sakher

Sean Cameron

Mary Jean Bentley

Robin Wright

Michael Dinwiddie

Karen Espenant

Michelle Way

Rod Lurie

David Scarpa

Graham Yost

Jerry Goldsmith

Shelly Johnson

Michael Jablow

Kevin Stitt

Deborah Aquila

Mary Jo Slater

Kirk M. Petruccelli

Lawrence A. Hubbs

Jo Doster

Kim McCray

Kim Petrosky

Tricia Wood

Nicole Sage

Jennifer L. Smith

Danny Wynands

Scott Workman

David Walling

Chris Tuck

Tim Trella

Matthew Taylor

Cooper Taylor

Marcus Salgado

Michael Runyard

Danny Rogers

Jason Rodriguez

Mic Rodgers

Robby Robinson

Jimmy N. Roberts

Bill Richards

Jalon Raney

Peewee Piemonte

Tom Pearl

Casey O'Neill

Tom Morga

Bennie Moore

John C. Meier

Bobby McLaughlin

Greg Martin

Khristian Lupo

Clay M. Lilley

Gene LeBell

Henry Kingi Jr.

Kevin L. Jackson

Tommy J. Huff

Kanin Howell

Chuck 'Chaz' Hosack

Gene Hartline

Gary Guercio

Tim Gilbert

Kenny Endoso

Eddy Donno

Steven Chambers

Jacob Chambers

Tony Brubaker

Eddie Braun

Gregory J. Barnett

Kenny Alexander

Ha Nguyen

Eloise Crane Stammerjohn

Daniel Loren May

Don Zepfel

Robert Lawrence

Tad Griffith

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Robert Redford is "Irwin", a disgraced general sent to a military prison after his court-martial for disobeying orders during an operation in Africa that led to the death of eight under his command. Almost immediately he and the commandant "Winter" (James Gandolfini) take against each other and what now ensues is a gradual positioning of both men for a contretemps. The former man, initially, just wants to do his time - but as he sees the arbitrary and sometimes lethal fashion in which the place is run, he is soon working with the 1200 other inmates to create an effective unit than can resist, perhaps even overthrow, the regime. The first half hour of this is quite well developed, battle lines are drawn as the two men play a game of intellectual chess. Sadly, though, that momentum descends quite quickly into a rather far-fetched drama that featuresd a plot riddled with holes, some totally implausible incidents and in the end, a denouement that has something of the pantomime to it. Redford adopts a less is more approach to his role which he carries off adequately with little dialogue - indeed, pretty much little of anything. Gandolfini is, however, completely unconvincing as a senior officer who appears to have little humanity or grasp on the reality of the scenarios presented to us by Rod Lurie. Clifton Collins Jr offers the best effort from amongst the cast with his portrayal of the troubled "Aguilar", but I couldn't quite make out just what the role of the duplicitous "Yates" (Mark Ruffalo) was meant to represent - maybe I had just given up by then. I reckon this might have made for a decent read; allowing us to inject character traits into what personalities are on offer here using our own imagination. As a piece of cinema, however, it is little more than a vehicle for a star who is nowhere near his best working with a story that stretched my imagination just a bit too far for far too long.

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Robert Redford

James Gandolfini

Mark Ruffalo

Delroy Lindo

Clifton Collins Jr.

Kristen Shaw

Paul Calderon

Brian Goodman

Steve Burton

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