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The Last Drop
Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.
Release : | 2006 |
Rating : | 4.5 |
Studio : | |
Crew : | Art Direction, Art Direction, |
Cast : | Billy Zane Neil Newbon Michael Madsen Alexander Skarsgård Neil Jackson |
Genre : | Action History Crime War |
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Absolute waste of money even on DVD. Only watch this if you have a penchant for extremely bad dialogue. In fact it is quite simply some of the worst script writing efforts I have ever witnessed on a movie with a larger budget. You could also watch it if you are writing a guide to the worst movies ever made, or a list of the best ways to waste millions of dollars.Realising that I would have to write ten lines on this movie has filled me with woe, for the very fact that I may have to actually revisit it; you see it has been some time since I actually saw the movie! However, I do remember at the time that it seemed a particularly sad descent for Michael Marsden, who had fine performances as a villain in Kill Bill I and II.
The first thing you notice in this film is the low budget. The special effects are rather lame, the filming is in Romania and the actors are known low budget TV actors like Michael Madsen, Sean Pertwee, Billy Zane and then only rising Alexander Skarsgard. But the second thing one can't help but notice is that there are a lot of "meaty" characters in the film, no cardboard roles, each one with a story and complex motivations.Even if the story is a bit silly at times, it manages to remain entertaining and having the viewer root for all sides. It is not original in its idea of soldiers trying to make a quick buck during "the fog of war", but the details of the story make it fun.So, in conclusion, once you get off your high horse and accept this is a low budget TV movie, you can thoroughly enjoy the film.
Surfing through the channels I chanced upon this film and was intrigued by its title - THE LAST DROP . What would this be about ? A morbid story about a hangman perhaps ? Or vampires trying to satisfy their appetite for blood ? Strangely the info button said it was a war film about a British unit sent to retrieve some Nazi gold during the war . Hmmm a sort of British DIRTY DOZEN . Strange title for a film set during the war since it says nothing about the plot . This should have been a warning sign along with the fact that it's a British film that I'd never heard of If the signs were bad the reality was reinforced ten minutes in to the running time . An allied officer is verbally given his mission and cut to the interior of a glider where a bunch of soldiers sit . If you've had zero military experience you'll still notice there's something wrong with the mis en scene . Is it the fact all the characters seem to have 21st century hairstyles perhaps ? Certainly you can't fail to notice that they all seem to have different uniforms with Sgt McMillan wearing either a desert tunic or he's been dipping his clothes in bleach . Wouldn't an elite unit be supplied with the same uniforms and equipment Things suddenly get worse for the characters as they're shot down and things get worse for the audience too as we're shown rather clumsy and fundamental errors in film making . Several characters are killed in a shoot out with the Germans and supposedly we're to feel sympathy for their deaths . The problem is we neither know or care about these characters in order to feel any type of empathy save for the fact they're fighting Nazis . It's also an unlikely elite unit who make operational mistakes like walking through a field in broad daylight when there's trees to provide cover This type of clumsy film making continues throughout the film . All the time the audience are asking the question what the heck's the secret mission about ? The screenplay also tries to disguise its underdeveloped nature by occasionally adding a plot twist such as one near the start of the film where a SS man supposedly shoots a prostitute dead . An important rule of film making and life is when you're in a hole you stop digging All in all THE LAST DROP is an obscure British war film that deserves its obscurity . It reminds me of one of those second world war re-enactment groups where a bunch of middle aged salad dodging bank managers dress up at the weekend to show us civies what war is like . Personally I think people should just stick to watching documentaries and reading history books if they want to know about the war
This is the WORST WWII movie I have ever seen, and I've seen most of them. The "Germans" are speaking English to each other (with no pretense of subtitles or explanation) while extras in the background are speaking real German. I don't fault the acting. I think with a good script & screenplay & director & editor, these actors could have made a good movie.I saw another review which stated that the countryside did NOT look Dutch at all and the one windmill that was shown was a joke from some other continent. I agree with this.The plot line was unintelligible. Just...just... You just have to see it to understand how BAD a film can actually be! Please watch this movie and use it as benchmark to which other films must soar above.Suffice to say that I wish I could get my 98 minutes back, but that's not going to happen.Watch it. Hate it. Learn how NOT to make a movie!