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The Last Confederate is a dull, uninspiring spin off of the Robert Adams story. Nothing in this movie impressed me. The acting was atrocious. There was not one believable character in the film. It just didn't seem authentic and the cinematography was amateur at best. It reminded me of a late night movie that would come on the lifetime channel. The production values are low and there is hardly any action . If you are expecting a hardcore war movie, look elsewhere because this feels more like a lousy romance novel. After watching Seraphim Falls with Pierce Bronson, a hardboiled western set after the civil war, you can tell the difference in the quality of direction and writing, and it was just so much more fast paced. Leave this one on the shelf.

I saw a few good comments on this and thought I'd give it a try. What a mistake. The movie started with a flashback within a flashback within a flashback, and just got worse from there. The outfits were unauthentic and looked like inexpensive costumes, the speech too modern sounding, the acting awkward, and the transition from scene to scene choppy. A crucial rule for me is that to enjoy a movie, I have to be able to get lost in the movie. When I can't get through two scenes without being shocked by mismatched outfits, speech, or photography, the movie won't get a good rating from me. Call me picky, or maybe it's just that I've seen enough movies to know what's expected in a historic movie.

This movie lacked well...just about everything. Anything from the soundtracks to the acting without southern accents was enough for me to just simply laugh at this film during the whole dreadful ninety-six minutes. Mickey Rooney, I will admit was good and one woman actually had a southern accent, but otherwise it was a waste of money. When I look at a documentary type movie, like this, I think they should have historical accuracy, real acting, a basic understanding of some type of plot and emotion. This film also had flashbacks to scenes that either happened twenty seconds ago, had no significance, or weren't even in the movie to begin with. This movie is surprisingly dull for a 2005 release. The director and production company should be ashamed that they actually made something worse than the recently released Bratz movie, which I was dragged to see by my girlfriend. I guess this is why you rent a movie before you buy it, so you don't waste your money on something worthless. My ultimate idea is that every disk of this movie should be destroyed in a fiery grave, so that no one will have to endure its torture ever again.