One Last Dance (2005)

Director:

Max Makowski

Writer:

Max Makowski (writer)

Release Date:

11 January 2007 (Singapore)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance | Crime

Plot:

An assassin is hired to kill the men responsible for kidnapping an important man's son. With every death, the killer gets closer to the last kidnapper's name... his own. |

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Francis Ng	...	T
Lung Ti	...	Captain
Vivian Hsu	...	Mae
Joseph Quek	...	Ko
Harvey Keitel	...	Terrtano
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Boo	...	Farting Dog
Guo Hua Chen	...	Seargent
Tianwen Chen	...	Pui
Daphne Chia	...	Ballerina IV
Taylor Chia	...	Ballerina II
Paerin Choa	...	Bartender
Gordan Choy	...	Guard I
Salina Chung	...	Gu
Brendon Fernandez	...	Muscleman
Fang Rong Foo	...	Child III
Edric Hsu	...	Cop
Thomas Huang	...	Guard II
Nelson Hui	...	Child I
Evan Jin	...	MRT Security Guard
Ah Ne Koh	...	Flower Lady
Tiang Choon Koh	...	Cigarette Vendor
Sherry Kuhara	...	Blonde Asian Woman
Dalton Lau	...	Red
Valerie Lee	...	Ballerina III
Hossan Leong	...	Treesan
Esther Lim	...	Ballerina VI
Natacia Lim	...	Child V
Shaun Lim	...	Child IV
Nicole Low	...	Ballerina V
Sunny Pang	...	Kai Wing
Kee Chin Poon	...	Security Guard
Xi Quan	...	Mr. Sa
Ricky Sim	...	Nelson
Darius Tan	...	Pei
Reinald Tan	...	Child VI
Alan Tay	...	Man I
Kim Hock Tay	...	Jo
Wee Hong Thomas	...	Richard
Fraser Tiong	...	Child II
Beth Toh	...	Ballerina I
Cookie Wong	...	Ballet Teacher
Henry Wong	...	Cook III
Keng Chee Wong	...	Cook II
Lawrence Wong	...	Man II
Raymond Wong	...	Asian Elvis
Kai Shing Wu	...	Wong
Steve Yap	...	Arthur
Yann Yann Yeo	...	Wife
Ben Yeung	...	Poi
Raymond Yuen	...	Cook I
Chia Zee	...	Model
Wenxiang Zhang	...	Johnathan
Chong Qing Zhou	...	Foresan
Zzen	...	Rookie Cop

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Country:

Singapore

Language:

English | Mandarin | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Singapore

Company:

The Film Bund

Trivia:

The actor cast as Ko was originally playing Richard but after an extensive search for a Singaporean lead, he was called in to read for Ko. He was the last person left to audition.

Quotes:

Mae: [extremely upset] Why?
Ko: Why ? That's a very vague question, don't you think.
Mae: You always do this.
Ko: Consistency is a very rare trait these days, you should be proud.

Soundtrack:

Broken Orange

enjoyable but very average

One Last Dance is the story of T, a mysterious hit-man contracted by a local mob boss to kill the people responsible for the recent kidnapping and murder of said mob boss' son. However, things don't quite go according to plan, and as the bodies piles up, T finds himself questioning just how close to home his next target will be...

Can you say cliché? Good, because that's what One Last Dance is almost exclusively made of. The characters are exaggerated types and the ordinary plot has delusions of grandeur. While the dialogue does have its moments, such as a particularly informative conversation on the finer points of making a cup of tea, most of it is faux-cool and decidedly average.

The movie isn't helped by director Max Makowski either, with his unnecessary just-out-of-film-school camera tricks and gratuitous use of CGI for the smallest of things.

Its saving grace is the performance of Francis Ng, who plays T with the right balance of world-weariness and romanticism essential for any hired killer, and when he's off-screen, you certainly notice his absence. Ng's T keeps holds your interest when the plot fails and keeps the film afloat.

Good hit-man movies are stylish, smart, and cool, but for all its glossy trickery and pop-culture references, One Last Dance is not.