digitalbeachbum
Having served in the military I found some vague references of this movie real and so much more not real. Everything from the attitude of the prisoners and the commandant I thought the movie was too phony. Too many plot vehicles. Too much Hollywood BS.I really hated it and there aren't any scenes which I even remotely thought were worth my time. The characters are unrealistic. The plot even less real. The script poorly written.This might be one of Robert Redford's worst movies.
vincentkyong
First of all, if you are a person who cares about facts to movie - perhaps you should skip this. As other reviews here had pointed out, "it seems impossible for such a siege". "It is impossible for a 3 Star General to be locked with low tiers inmates". "The 3 Star General could have used his connections to ....." This is a freaking movie for god sake. Just enjoy it!I will say its 2 good hours well worth watching this movie.James Gandolfini (Sorry, i'm not familiar with him) is absolutely excellent in the show. I feel like punching my fist to his Col. Winter character. I think not many actors can make me dislike a character so much. That shows how much he succeed in the role. Robert Redford does what he does. Good to see young Mark Ruffalo.The plot is nothing fantastic, but its nothing bad too. (See other reviews) I do have to highlight that there is loose ends to the movies (especially on the Daughter portion) that did not provide closure for me. That's just my personal need for closures, beside that, everything is well....Enjoy it.
wolfbarkley
Being a Robert Redford Movie, one would expect a great, above average movie with sophisticated dialogue.The movie started half descent, but the characters were flawed, cliché and had no depth. We have a five star General with superior intelligence decides to build a Castle with the prison (Also named Castle), A bit childish and very cliché in my opinion.Then you also have the "Forest Grunt" Marine, stuttering and all, a character that was unnecessary and just plain dumb.The movie could have been great had the dialogue and some of the details been better developed. Overall, the movie was decent enough to watch and entertaining. "A rental in essence", but not a Grade A movie as one would expect from Robert Redford.In the end, this movie was disappointing and left you feeling with a bit unintelligent. A movie to watch when there's nothing else to watch.I give it 5.5 / 10.
Divalicious One
Despite, the bad reviews that have been posted on this site, I find The Last Castle to be one the most interested and thrilling movies I have ever had the pleasure to watch. The need by others to find faults and negative comments were just not called for. This is a movie shows how one man with a huge ego and in a position of power can single handedly break a man's pride and spirit and that of another who shows a group of men that despite their circumstances your pride and self respect is something no one can take from you unless you allow them to. If this is what is considered a bad movie, I'd like to know what a good movie is. The Last Castle is a movie that you have to watch to judge it yourself and not base it on the opinions of others. If you are unsure, just watch the movie, judge it for yourself and then post your own review.
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