Product Details

• Actors: Ann-Margret, Sean Astin, David Atkinson (II), Leslie Bega, Benjamin Bratt
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Live / Artisan
• DVD Release Date: June 18, 2002
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000065U2W
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #91,791 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Final Hit" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Great cast. Bad script, April 20, 2008

By	NoWireHangers (Sweden) - See all my reviews

Reynolds directed and stars in "The Final Hit", as Sonny Wexler, a movie producer who once produced an Oscar nominated movie, but now finds he's a has been in a Hollywood that's been taken over by the young generation, personified by studio executive Damon Black (Benjamin Bratt) and foreign investors. He now needs to raise $50,000 to buy a screenplay by a brilliant young writer (Sean Astin).

I'm not quite sure whether this movie tries to be a comedy or a drama, or both. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite succeed as either. The all-star cast is great (especially Rod Steiger, Bratt and Ann-Margret), but the script is uneven. There are several minor plot lines that are never developed, such as the one including Wexler's pill-popping wife Ann-Margret. She appears in several scenes and then goes off in a cab to somewhere (rehab?). The relation between Reynolds and his former partner Charles Durning work better, and Durning's character is, unlike Ann-Margret's, important to the plot. The jazz soundtrack sometimes work, but is more often funny in a way I don't think was intended.

All in all, this is a disappointing film that is almost, but not quite, made worthwhile by the acting.