The Last Shot

Directed by Jeff Nathanson, The Last Shot follows what happens when, like so many aspiring entertainers, the FBI gets caught up in the grandeur of showbiz. When Agent Joe Devine (Alec Baldwin) is given a key role in an elaborate scheme to take down the infamous mob boss John Gotti, he gladly accepts ...more

It's ironic that a film called The Last Shot would have third-act problems, but that's one of the few things preventing Jeff Nathanson's film from standing side-by-side with the top Hollywood satires out there. Alec Baldwin's FBI agent-cum-film-producer recalls Chili Palmer in Get Shorty, the absurd on-set improvisations (shooting a movie called "Arizona" in Rhode Island) are shades of State and Main, and the orchestrated deception even suggests Wag the Dog. But when it abruptly adheres to the ...more