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The Last Victim

Play trailer 1:37 Poster for The Last Victim Released May 13, 2022 1h 51m Mystery & Thriller Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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In this stylized neo-western thriller, a group of modern-day outlaws and their terrifying leader are pursued by a local sheriff (Ron Perlman), after committing a horrific crime in a desolate southwest town. When a professor and her husband cross paths with the criminals, everyone is drawn into a spiral of violence and retribution where morality becomes ambiguous, and survival is the only option.
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Phil Hoad Guardian This modern western is a case of Mo’ Country for Old Men, though not in an especially good way. Rated: 2/5 Oct 3, 2022 Full Review Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) This is a film with a lot of good performances that gets off to a really good start... It loses the thread in the third act. I was really disappointed. May 21, 2022 Full Review Maxwell Rabb Chicago Reader No amount of cowboy bravado could pump life into director Naveen Chathappuram’s debut film. May 14, 2022 Full Review Kevin Wight The Wee Review Attempts to stitch together three disparate elements, and the resulting creation only fitfully come to life. Rated: 2 Oct 1, 2022 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews In its quest for some kind of gravitas it states that even iguanas may have souls. Rated: C+ Jun 24, 2022 Full Review Joel Copling Spectrum Culture If the plot sounds familiar, it’s more of an homage to the Coen Brothers than a rip-off; but in the end, it’s all too simple. May 18, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Debi J No known plot, makes no sense and is boring Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/24/22 Full Review Kyle F Ali Larter's performance is the best thing in the movie. She's entirely believable in the role. The plot is week and the twist is telegraphed IMO. If you like the genre it will be worth the time. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/02/22 Full Review Audience Member This was a great film, reminded me of No Country for Old Men and Ron Perlman was fantastic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Some very funny low budget moments, the location filming was decent, the climax was bizarre. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review dan b Started out good but went downhill fast and big waste of time Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review ronald h "The Last Victim" has been largely regarded by critics as a Coen brothers ripoff, but so have a couple of dozen other films that try to mix humor with violence and pathos. So I'm not going there. The prevalence of these comparisons by reviewers says more about the Coens' colossal influence than anything else. And endlessly referencing Coen brothers films makes it difficult to evaluate films on their own merit……or lack thereof. In this case, we have a noir western with an evil bad guy, Jake, played by Ralph Ineson; the grizzled sheriff Hickey, played by the always-welcome Ron Perlman; and a hapless traveling married couple (Ali Larter and Tahmoh Penikett, the latter of whom doesn't last long). There is a crime going on which I won't describe, but I will reveal that Larter's character ends up running from Jake and his moronic helpers. She's actually the best thing in the movie. Camille Legg provides some comic relief as Hickey's nerdy deputy–--and she plays a major part in the movie's first ridiculous plot twist. There's another one later. There's a lot of voice-over narration by the gravel voiced Ineson (most of which is so mealy mouthed that I found it incomprehensible), and a really awful music soundtrack by a whining folk singer who sounds like she's faking a southern accent. Later, there's some equally insipid country rock. Whoever chose the music for this movie should find another job. The final section of the movie descends into outright absurdity—-not that it had far to fall in the first place. Well, there: I wrote a review of a western noir without any comparisons to The Brothers. I'll simply conclude by saying that The Brothers make better movies. Much better. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this stylized neo-western thriller, a group of modern-day outlaws and their terrifying leader are pursued by a local sheriff (Ron Perlman), after committing a horrific crime in a desolate southwest town. When a professor and her husband cross paths with the criminals, everyone is drawn into a spiral of violence and retribution where morality becomes ambiguous, and survival is the only option.
Director
Naveen A. Chathapuram
Producer
Vicky Gong, Shaun Sanghani, Todd Berger, Naveen A. Chathapuram, Graem Luis, Nicholas Burnett, Luke Daniels, Joseph Lanius, Charles Leslie, Frank Li
Screenwriter
Ashley James Louis, Doc Justin, Naveen A. Chathapuram
Distributor
Decal
Production Co
Slated, Concourse Media
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 13, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 13, 2022
Runtime
1h 51m
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