The Final Cut (1996)

Mysterious bomber is planting explosive devices in Seattle. Since their quality takes too big a toll among Seattle Police bomb experts, John Pierce, former head of the Bomb Squad, ... See full summary »

Director:

Roger Christian

Writers:

Crash Leyland (story), Raul Inglis (screenplay)

Stars:

Sam Elliott, Charles Martin Smith, Kelly Benson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sam Elliott	...	John Pierce
Charles Martin Smith	...	Capt. Weldon Mamet
Kelly Benson	...	Dead Body
Anne Ramsay	...	Sgt. Kathleen Hardy
Lloyd Berry	...	Loscalzo
Matt Craven	...	Emerson Lloyd
Ray Baker	...	Col. Forsyth
Frank Cassini	...	Bartender
Barbara Tyson	...	Veronica Waller
Mike Crestejo	...	Driver
Lisa Langlois	...	Sara
Erich Anderson	...	Talberg
Bill Ferguson	...	Shopper
Michael David Simms	...	Franklin Dunn
Philip Granger	...	Barron

Storyline

Mysterious bomber is planting explosive devices in Seattle. Since their quality takes too big a toll among Seattle Police bomb experts, John Pierce, former head of the Bomb Squad, reluctantly takes the job that will take him to face his worst nightmare.

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Plot Keywords:

bomb squad | human bomb | hospital | bar | shopping mall | 

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Genres:

Thriller | Action | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and a sex scene

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 1996 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Az utolsó esély

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cine Cut Films Inc., Keystone Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Most parked cars show British Columbia license plates, rather than the Washington State plates that would be visible if the film had been shot in its stated setting (Seattle) instead of in Vancouver.

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Quotes

Sgt. Kathleen Hardy: Well, it appears that you just can't stay out of my bedroom.
John Pierce: [watching TV news of a bomb disarm with Col. Forsyth] There's your bomber.
Sgt. Kathleen Hardy: Forsyth. You?re crazy. Why would he build a bomb to disarm it? What? To be a hero.
John Pierce: [knowing he's not convincing Hardy] Why do you do this job, Hardy?
Sgt. Kathleen Hardy: I don't know... you?re gonna tell me, right?
John Pierce: Because you like it. We?re all a little twisted here... You love it but that fuck craves it.

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Soundtracks

"That River"
Performed by Jim Byrnes
Words and music by Eric Johnson
Published by Zen Western Music SOCAN
Managed by Bosh Entertainment Group

User Reviews

Maybe that's Seattle BC...

Nifty little nail biter in which much of the cast gets blown to bits before the film ends. Doesn't really matter because there isn't one household name there. If you like high tech bombs with winking, blinking countdown devices, this is your film. (Nobody ever explained why the bad guys always wire up 5.95 Walmart digital clocks to their high tech explosives in these things.) However I take strong exception to two aspects. One is the lingering and needlessly explicit humping scene. This is a movie about bombs, people; not sex and handcuffs. If you like kinky sex, you probably don't want to watch things blowing up and if you do like seeing things blown up, you probably consider the bondage and the bonking a distraction. The other is the setting. The film was shot in Vancouver but set in Seattle. If they made the damned thing in Vancouver, why couldn't they have set the action there? When will Canadians demand that our cities stop serving as surrogates for American ones? I think we should demand that the CBC go to New York and use it for a movie about Toronto! Turnabout is fair play and all that...