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Directed By
Rod Lurie
Written By:
Graham Yost, David Scarpa
Cast:
Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Delroy Lindo, Paul Calderon, Samuel Ball, Clifton Collins Jr., Frank Military, Michael Irby, Brian Goodman, Steve Burton, Jeremy Childs, George W. Scott, Brian Goodman, Maurice Bullard, Jeremy Childs
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The Last Castle (2001)
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Movie Review by Jarrod 
September 23rd, 2007
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'The Last Castle' is a consistently thrilling action romp set in a military prison facility where a war hero named Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford), incarcerated because he defied a presidential order, squares off with Col. Winter (Gandolfini), the commander of the jail, a sadistic pencil pusher who has never seen combat and is resentful of any challenges to his authority. He is also resentful of Irwin's fame and popularity, which allows him to rally the other inmates to revolt, and take control of the place, so that Winter will be removed and properly punished for his abuse of power. Irwin has a friend, General Wheeler (Delroy Lindo), who detest Winter, but never shows up until things really get out of control, when he could intervene a lot sooner and resolve the situation easily, but then what fun would that be?
Mark Ruffalo is Yates, whose father served under Irwin, and who Winter tries to use as a spy, to inform him of Irwin's plan, which is elaborate and implausible, even though he pulls it off, with no guns, but a large catapult and men with lunch trays blocking armed soldiers, and lobbing Molotov c*cktails into guard towers, and even hijacking a helicopter and a tank outfitted with a high-pressure water cannon, all while Winter watches with disbelief, as do we, since it all seems hopeless. But, of course, it succeeds, as the movie does, because it is exciting, and has lots of explosions, and great performances from Redford and especially Gandolfini, who provides a compelling and fascinating villain. What a wonderful actor Gandolfini is, from his iconic role as gangster Tony Soprano, to his work in The Mexican, or even the more recent Romance and Cigarettes, I am convinced he can do just about anything. He and Redford own the film.
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