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The Last Castle (2001)

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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 115
Fresh: 60 | Rotten: 55

The Last Castle is well acted and rousing for the most part, but the story can't stand up to close scrutiny.

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 15

The Last Castle is well acted and rousing for the most part, but the story can't stand up to close scrutiny.

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Average Rating: 3.4/5
User Ratings: 45,021

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Movie Info

Robert Redford stars in this action drama as General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court-martialed and sent to The Castle, a maximum security military prison. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini), who runs his command with an iron fist, even killing prisoners when he deems it necessary. Irwin rallies his fellow convicts into a rag-tag army and leads them in a revolt against Winter, an

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Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Graham Yost, David Scarpa

Mar 5, 2002

$17.9M

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All Critics (133) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (61) | Rotten (56) | DVD (18)

Bizarre, confused, sanctimonious manure.

October 23, 2001 Full Review Source: Village Voice
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The themes that ring out most loudly in the end -- some men are just born leaders; others do best if they just conform -- are numbingly retrograde.

October 20, 2001 Full Review Source: Salon.com
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Devolves into a mundane warden-versus-inmate conclusion.

October 19, 2001
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A dull, borderline inept action-prison drama, in which lead star Robert Redford is totally wasted.

June 3, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
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Lurie's first attempt at a larger-scale production isn't entirely successful...

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
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Os diálogos são ótimos, os dois antagonistas são bem desenhados e corretamente vividos por seus intérpretes, mas é uma pena que, nos últimos minutos, torne-se formulaico demais.

July 25, 2003
Cinema em Cena

After impressing with his debut, former film critic Lurie has destroyed all of his credibility in the space of two hours with this display of jaundiced jingoism.

February 13, 2003 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Robert Redford's military prison drama contains cruel and unusual punishment -- for the audience.

November 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Netflix | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for The Last Castle

I usually like seeing movies where the underdog finds a way to triumph over the nasty villain, but this movie is a bit hard to take. In five minutes of movie time General Irwin goes from "Hmmm, we should overtake this prison" to the full fledged revolt overcoming guns, water cannons and helicopters.
March 21, 2012
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A flawed, if watchable drama concerning a former general (Robert Redford) who is sent to prison under the watch of a sadistic warden (James Gandolfini), and how he rouses the inmates to rise up against the corrupt warden. Redford is perfect as the silent rebel type, with Gandolfini an ideal fit as the ego maniacal villain. Although it is heavily cliched and suffers from an overdose of melodrama, the end still packs a punch despite its faults.
September 21, 2008
Dan Schultz

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    1. Gen. Eugene Irwin: I've been running on fumes for the last 20 years.
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