ActionDramaThriller

The Last Castle

- A Castle Can Only Have One King

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

Release Date : 2001-10-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : DreamWorks PicturesRobert Lawrence Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Untitled Rod lurie Projekt

Cast

Character Name : Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

Original Name : Robert Redford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Col. Winter

Original Name : James Gandolfini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yates

Original Name : Mark Ruffalo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gen. Wheeler

Original Name : Delroy Lindo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cp. Ramov Aguilar

Original Name : Clifton Collins Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosalie Irwin (uncredited)

Original Name : Robin Wright

Gender : Female

Character Name : Clerk (Staff Sgt.)

Original Name : Kristen Shaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dellwo

Original Name : Paul Calderon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beaupre

Original Name : Brian Goodman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cap. Peretz

Original Name : Steve Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duffy

Original Name : Sam Ball

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cutbush

Original Name : Jeremy Childs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thumper

Original Name : George W. Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inmate

Original Name : Steve Sandfort

Gender : Male

Character Name : Enriquez

Original Name : Michael Irby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doc

Original Name : Frank Military

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pvt. Niebolt

Original Name : Nick Kokich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corp. Zamorro

Original Name : David Alford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harris

Original Name : Dean Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary (Kelly)

Original Name : Peg Allen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Red Team Leader

Original Name : Rick Vito

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. McLaren

Original Name : Maurice Bullard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Simmons

Original Name : Forrest D. Bradford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunton

Original Name : Scott Michael

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carvelli

Original Name : Dean Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Honor Guard

Original Name : Michael Q. Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trustee / Lester

Original Name : Joe Keenan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler's Aide

Original Name : David Chattam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trustee #2

Original Name : Dan Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Moore

Original Name : Hans Mooy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rapper

Original Name : James-Justone-Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inmate

Original Name : Jamie Roberto Mantecon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inmate

Original Name : Jeffery G. Fagan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inmate

Original Name : Lyon Fleming

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inmate

Original Name : Darius Willis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inmate

Original Name : Rico Moody

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inmate

Original Name : Rocky Abou-Sakher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Sean Cameron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Visitor

Original Name : Mary Jean Bentley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Guard / Red Team / Color Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Dinwiddie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter in the Press Crowd (uncredited)

Original Name : Karen Espenant

Gender : Female

Character Name : Color Guard / Prison guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Michelle Way

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-10

Robert Redford is "Irwin", a disgraced general sent to a military prison after his court-martial for disobeying orders during an operation in Africa that led to the death of eight under his command. Almost immediately he and the commandant "Winter" (James Gandolfini) take against each other and what now ensues is a gradual positioning of both men for a contretemps. The former man, initially, just wants to do his time - but as he sees the arbitrary and sometimes lethal fashion in which the place is run, he is soon working with the 1200 other inmates to create an effective unit than can resist, perhaps even overthrow, the regime. The first half hour of this is quite well developed, battle lines are drawn as the two men play a game of intellectual chess. Sadly, though, that momentum descends quite quickly into a rather far-fetched drama that featuresd a plot riddled with holes, some totally implausible incidents and in the end, a denouement that has something of the pantomime to it. Redford adopts a less is more approach to his role which he carries off adequately with little dialogue - indeed, pretty much little of anything. Gandolfini is, however, completely unconvincing as a senior officer who appears to have little humanity or grasp on the reality of the scenarios presented to us by Rod Lurie. Clifton Collins Jr offers the best effort from amongst the cast with his portrayal of the troubled "Aguilar", but I couldn't quite make out just what the role of the duplicitous "Yates" (Mark Ruffalo) was meant to represent - maybe I had just given up by then. I reckon this might have made for a decent read; allowing us to inject character traits into what personalities are on offer here using our own imagination. As a piece of cinema, however, it is little more than a vehicle for a star who is nowhere near his best working with a story that stretched my imagination just a bit too far for far too long.