A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
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Title: The Last Supper (1995)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Cameron Diaz | ... | Jude | |
| Ron Eldard | ... | Pete | |
| Annabeth Gish | ... | Paulie | |
| Jonathan Penner | ... | Marc | |
| Courtney B. Vance | ... | Luke | |
| Bill Paxton | ... | Zachary Cody | |
| Nora Dunn | ... | Sheriff Alice Stanley | |
| Ron Perlman | ... | Norman Arbuthnot | |
| Dan Rosen | ... | Deputy Hartford | |
| Amber Taylor | ... | Girl in Coffee Shop | |
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Matt Cooper | ... | Jerk in Coffee Shop |
| Charles Durning | ... | Rev. Gerald Hutchens | |
| Mark Harmon | ... | Dominant Male | |
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Gil Segel | ... | Iowa Resident at Door |
| Rachel Chagall | ... | Abortion Activist | |
Jude, Luke, Marc, Paulie and Pete are liberal-minded roommates and grad students at a Iowa post-secondary institution. Every Sunday for the past year, they have hosted a dinner party, inviting a friend over to have an open-minded discussion about whatever topics are of interest. On a dark and stormy night when Pete was supposed to bring a friend for one of those dinners, he instead comes home with Zachary Cody, who rescued a stranded Pete whose car broke down. They invite Zach to stay for dinner instead of Pete's missing friend. They soon find out that Zach is among other things a racist neo-Nazi, which brings up a potentially dangerous situation for Jewish Marc and black Luke. After some physical altercations and verbal threats, Marc ends up stabbing Zach dead out of what he considers self-defense. As the friends discuss what to do about Zach, they finally come to the conclusion that in killing Zach, they have done society a service. So they ponder 'why not invite other ... Written by Huggo
"The Last Supper" has a lot going for it. It makes fun of both ultra-right-wingers and of self-righteous left-wingers. Like "The Sixth Sense", it uses the color red to carefully dye the house of the roommates until it appears to be dripping in blood. It shows the corruption of the mind which will inevitably occur as a result of murder, and it displays the old saw about how the road to Hell is paved in good intentions.
Problem? The acting is pretty dry. None of the roommates are remotely likable, and their inevitable comeuppance loses some of its punch as a result. All of the characters, both the executioners and their prey, are excessively one-sided and flat, and no one is making the slightest effort to give any of their characters depth. The result makes the film a bit hard to sit through.