A three-star general is court-martialed and sentenced to a military maximum security prison, The Castle. There, he rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the corrupt system that put him away.
28 January 1969, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
29 June 1973, Bunker Hill, West Virginia, USA
22 November 1967, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
28 June 1970, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
20 December 1964, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
June 17, 1976 in Michigan, USA
22 October 1968, Calhoun, Georgia, USA
15 May 1975, Augusta, Georgia, USA
5 April 1972, Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 August 1936, Santa Monica, California, USA
June 17, 1971 in Sydney, Australia
June 03, 2011
A dull, borderline inept action-prison drama, in which lead star Robert Redford is totally wasted.
October 19, 2001
Devolves into a mundane warden-versus-inmate conclusion.
October 19, 2001
A heavy-handed military prison melodrama.
October 23, 2001
Bizarre, confused, sanctimonious manure.
October 19, 2001
The Last Castle, while engrossing in parts, might have benefited from more pre-shooting talk about what makes an intriguing character -- and what makes a star performance.
November 07, 2002
Robert Redford's military prison drama contains cruel and unusual punishment -- for the audience.
October 27, 2002
The sap is only occassional, but the poignancy is muted.
February 13, 2003
After impressing with his debut, former film critic Lurie has destroyed all of his credibility in the space of two hours with this display of jaundiced jingoism.
July 25, 2003
Os diálogos são ótimos, os dois antagonistas são bem desenhados e corretamente vividos por seus intérpretes, mas é uma pena que, nos últimos minutos, torne-se formulaico demais.
June 09, 2002
generates almost palpable heat when its protagonist and antagonist square off against each other.
October 20, 2001
The themes that ring out most loudly in the end -- some men are just born leaders; others do best if they just conform -- are numbingly retrograde.
October 19, 2001
The Last Castle is not as simple as it looks, though its appeal is simple.
