The Last Lullaby (2008)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Jeffrey Goodman

Writers:

Peter Biegen (screenplay)
Max Allan Collins (screenplay)

Genre:

Mystery

Tagline:

There comes a time in your life when you want to be exactly who you are.

Plot:

Price, a former hitman, is struggling to cope with retirement. He left the assassination business to live the "easy life." However...

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Tom Sizemore	...	Price
Sasha Alexander	...	Sarah
Sprague Grayden	...	Jules
Bill Smitrovich	...	Martin
Ray McKinnon	...	Ominous Figure
Omid Abtahi	...	Van
Randall Batinkoff	...	Rick
Jerry Hardin	...	Martin Lennox
Smith Cho	...	Connie
Paul Rae	...	Ellis
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Bruno
Jason Konopisos	...	Daniel Rhodes
Jacob Tolano	...	Thug #2 (as Jacob Wood)
Edrick Browne	...	Skinhead
Odessa Sykes	...	Tina

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Minden, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Chaillot Films

A Major League Movie

When this movie is released by one of the major motion picture distributors, rush to the box office to get your ticket! This movie has it all, great acting displaying many human emotions, an intelligent plot full of suspense, and to top it all, a brilliant twist.

Tom Sizemore and Sasha Alexander played emotionally moving character roles that were genuinely portrayed. It is a story of lost souls finding each other in a strange chain of events. Sizemore plays a retired hit man trying to find a redeeming quality to his life. Sasha plays a young woman whose life has been tormented by the men in her life. This is a film that will appeal to all audiences, young and old, male and female.

The cinematography couldn't have been better. The close ups drew you into the film so that you felt like you were actually a part of the story. The violence in the film was tastefully created and was woven into this story without it being offensive. The gun shots rang out with such force, as if you were standing right next to the shooter. It was the most realistic and profound sound effect I have heard in any action movie.

Max Collins and Peter Biegen, the writers, did a superb job of developing the characters, and crafting an emotional and suspenseful story. You may remember Max Collins as the writer of The Road to Perdition. He is an excellent story teller and with Peter Biegen's collaboration, they have scripted an even more enjoyable story in The Last Lullaby. There is happiness to be discovered and found in this movie.

Jeffrey Goodman, in his first full featured film, "knocked the cover off the ball." It is my understanding that this had been in Mr. Goodman's creative hands and thoughts for over ten years, while he learned the ropes and paid his dues working in the film industry. His patience and hard work paid off big time. This is a major league movie.

I had the fortunate opportunity to get one of the sold out tickets to The Last Lullaby. It was recently featured at the AFI International Film Festival in Dallas, TX. Now I'm looking forward to seeing this film again when it is distributed on a national scale. I believe it will be a huge box office success as well as possibly receiving many future film awards. Don't miss this one!