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Last Ride

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.7K
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Hugo Weaving and Tom Russell in Last Ride (2009)
A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law for committing a violent crime.
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A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law for committing a violent crime.A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law for committing a violent crime.A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law for committing a violent crime.

  • Director
    • Glendyn Ivin
  • Writers
    • Mac Gudgeon
    • Denise Young
  • Stars
    • Hugo Weaving
    • Tom Russell
    • Anita Hegh
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    2.7K
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    • Director
      • Glendyn Ivin
    • Writers
      • Mac Gudgeon
      • Denise Young
    • Stars
      • Hugo Weaving
      • Tom Russell
      • Anita Hegh
    • 26User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 8 nominations total

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    Hugo Weaving
    Hugo Weaving
    • Kev
    Tom Russell
    Tom Russell
    • Chook
    Anita Hegh
    Anita Hegh
    • Maryanne
    John Brumpton
    John Brumpton
    • Max
    Kelton Pell
    • Ranger Lyall
    Sonya Suares
    Sonya Suares
    • Zareena Khan
    Loren Taylor
    Loren Taylor
    • Girl in Pub
    • (as Loren Horsley)
    Adam Morgan
    • Man in Roadhouse
    Chrissie Page
    Chrissie Page
    • Storekeeper
    Chris Weir
    Chris Weir
    • Local #2 in Pub
    Michael Allen
    • Local #1 in Pub
    Beau Hurren
    • Local #3 in Pub
    Mick Coulthard
    • Uncle Mick
    Lucy Russell
    • Girl in the Chicken Shop
    Jane Liscombe
    • News Reporter
    Mark Taylor
    • Police Sergeant
    Kate Portus
    • Mother on Bus
    Rachel Francis
    • Girl Feeding Crooks
    • Director
      • Glendyn Ivin
    • Writers
      • Mac Gudgeon
      • Denise Young
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews26

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    8ahifi

    Once again, Australian cinema gets it right

    I'm loving Australian cinema at the moment. It's showing a side of Australia we never see after years of Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin. I loved Kenny and loved Beautiful Kate even more. While I don't think it's quite in the same league as the latter, it's still yet another movie which shows the beauty of Australia's great outdoors.

    But despite its visual warmth, the backbone of the movie is its dark story. It reveals itself gradually through-out the plot. You will hate Kev (the father), but there will come a point where you will actually come to accept him. Weaving is, as to be expected, solid and his co-star Tom Russell (Chook, the son) looks set to have a great future in the business.

    It's a very good movie that you should check out if you get the chance. 8/10
    7bruce-moreorless

    Well made but unappealing

    Last Ride is well made and well acted. The cinematography is a treat.

    Unfortunately the script lets the film down. The central character (played by Hugo Weaving) is just a bit too unappealing, just a bit too hard to relate to, just a bit too hard to empathise with, just a bit too selfish.

    In a way the film could be compared to Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World. Both are stories about the last ride of father and son figures. But where in A Perfect World I felt sympathy for the fate of Kevin Costner's father figure, in Last Ride Hugo Weaving's father ultimately left me repelled. For me the film suffered for that and, for me, the fault was with the script.
    10stephanie-mehta

    Brilliant.

    This is a coming of age story of two people on a road trip. A man and a boy are elementally bound and separated through their own actions over the course of their intense journey . Each of their choices resonates as a life lesson. Context is revealed in the sparing use of flashbacks: like inexact memories, past acts are recalled in short swirls, and distancing, grainy, TV blue- hues. The characters' more intentional, real-time acts take place in the redemptive, sensually saturated landscape of the Outback. I found Last Ride to be more compelling than anything I've seen this year, with its lean dialogue, stunning cinematography, and great performances. It was so elegantly assembled, that I'm still aghast -this film is a prizewinner in my book. At the same time, I wonder whether I will need to lobby locally, so I can see it on the screen it deserves. It also recalled the more subtle, character-revealing aspects of Thelma and Louise. I saw Little Fish a few years ago, also featuring Hugo Weaving. That that film imprinted on me in a similar way, because it turned out to be an unexpectedly piquant dish. Last Ride is a feast of a film. Bravo, and thank you.
    pacificsite

    Superb acting from Hugo Weaving, of a totally repulsive and frightening individual.

    It takes a lot of guts to push for truth to character rather than going for the easy way out, softening the edges. In this film Hugo Weaving's character has been so severely scarred by life that he has become a total sociopath, with no capacity for empathy, let alone love. It would have been easier for Weaving to have softened him a bit, shown signs that really deep down he did love his son. But that would not have been this guy, who is as hard as nails and totally self-concerned. Even when takes his son camping, it is all about himself, recapturing the few happy times in his youth. When his son makes that picture shake, his reaction is vicious. All this makes it a hard film to watch, in the same league as some other Australian films like "The Boys".

    Matching Weaving step for step, Tom Russell's portrayal of the wary boy wishing his father would show him some affection but fearing the worst, is brilliant. Never overdone or mawkish, showing extraordinary subtlety and maturity for one so young.

    Finally, the ending is suitably enigmatic, leaving us with questions about what really happened, and what might now.

    A brilliant film, but if you like feel-good with a happy ending, don't go to this one.
    8themope

    Very well done

    I found this film to be much better than expected, especially compared to the relatively low score on IMDb. I'd give it a solid 8.5. Fine acting by both the father and the little boy (and all the incidental characters). It reminded me a bit of the Russian film "The Return (Vozvrashchenie)." Both were so-called last rides between father and son(s). If you like this film, there's a good chance you'll like "The Return." One of the things I really liked about this movie was that it didn't need to have every moment filled with dialog like a lot of movies. There are some great scenes with little or no dialog where the interaction between the characters and their environment created enough mood on their own. More dialog would have just been a distraction at times. My only complaint about the film was that I wish it was a bit longer. But then that's a sign of a good film, you don't want it to end.

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    • Trivia
      Debut theatrical feature film of director Glendyn Ivin whose short film Cracker Bag (2003) about six years earlier in 2003 had won the Palme D'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
    • Goofs
      Throughout the movie Chuck has a mark, either a mole or a birthmark, on his right side of the chin. When he encounters the camels the mark is on the left side.
    • Quotes

      Chook: I've got black-fella in me

      Ranger Lyall: Don't say

      Kev: Yeah our great grandmother was aboriginal

      Ranger Lyall: Of course you're black-fella you were born during the daytime that's why your skin is fair and your eyes are blue, I was born during the night that's why my skin is black and my eyes are brown

      Chook: It's great being a black-fella

      Ranger Lyall: [laughs] He really is a black-fella

    • Connections
      Featured in Along for the Ride: The Making of 'Last Ride' (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Black Diamond
      Written and Performed by Tom Russell

      (Copyright Control)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 2, 2009 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Official sites
      • Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (Australia)
      • Music Box Films
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Last Ride
    • Filming locations
      • Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia(location)
    • Production companies
      • Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
      • Film Victoria
      • Last Ride
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    • Budget
      • A$3,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,853
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $838
      • Jul 1, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $251,018
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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