The Last Castle
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings
- Starring: James Gandolfini, Robert Redford
- Summary: The Castle -- the unlikely last stop in the brilliant career of three-star General Irwin (Redford). Court-martialed and stripped of his rank, Irwin has been sentenced to the maximum-security military prison, which is run with an iron fist by its warden, Colonel Winter (Gandolfini).
- Director: Rod Lurie
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller
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Positive: 9 out of 32
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Mixed: 14 out of 32
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Negative: 9 out of 32
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88It's an even rarer pleasure to see a film that combines exciting action with a smart, well-informed script and vivid yet restrained performances.
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75It could have been more, could have been a triumph and a classic, instead of simply an effective entertainment.
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60It's good enough, smart enough, and people will like it. It's also a high-concept cop-out, a convention-strangled genre movie that never zigs when your every instinct is screaming that it's about to zag.
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38I don't know why Redford and the white-hot Gandolfini signed on for this fiasco, but the give-and-take between them is the film's sole pleasure.
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 0 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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