George C. Scott is an old getaway driver who comes out of retirement for one last job in The Last Run, a surprisingly literate caper movie set on the Iberian peninsula with a nice score (Jerry Goldsmith using an Italian style) and director Richard Fleischer (Soylent Green, Conan the Barbarian) going for something out of Melville (Jean-Pierre, not Herman). Scott's Harry is contracted to drive a criminal (Tony Musante) away from a jail break and to his old partners, but things are not as they were sold to him, and Musante's Rickard proves difficult to handle. Complicating matters, the man's girlfriend is along for the trip (charmingly played by Trish Van Devere) and this pulls Harry in different directions as we head for potential double crosses and tragic endings, usually with speed and strategic chases. Scott is great as a hard man who tried but didn't take to the quiet life, trying to do something to the best of his ability, hoping it's not entirely pointless. A nice surprise hidden behind a generic title.
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George C. Scott is an old getaway driver who comes out of retirement for one last job in The Last Run, a surprisingly literate caper movie set on the Iberian peninsula with a nice score (Jerry Goldsmith using an Italian style) and director Richard Fleischer (Soylent Green, Conan the Barbarian) going for something out of Melville (Jean-Pierre, not Herman). Scott's Harry is contracted to drive a criminal (Tony Musante) away from a jail break and to his old partners, but things are not as they were sold to him, and Musante's Rickard proves difficult to handle. Complicating matters, the man's girlfriend is along for the trip (charmingly played by Trish Van Devere) and this pulls Harry in different directions as we head for potential double crosses and tragic endings, usually with speed and strategic chases. Scott is great as a hard man who tried but didn't take to the quiet life, trying to do something to the best of his ability, hoping it's not entirely pointless. A nice surprise hidden behind a generic title.MMDan
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