Last Looks

{{Infobox film

| name = Last Looks

| image = Last Looks.jpg

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| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Tim Kirkby

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| screenplay = Howard Michael Gould

| based_on = Last Looks
by Howard Michael Gould

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| music = Peter Nashel

| cinematography = Lyle Vincent

| editing = {{Plainlist|

Joe Landauer
Nicholas Monsour

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| studio = {{Plainlist|

Head Gear Films
Metrol Technology
Romulus Entertainment

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| distributor = RLJE Films

| released = {{Film date|2022|02|04}}

| runtime = 111 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

United States
United Kingdom

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| language = English

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Last Looks is a 2022 mystery film, directed by Tim Kirkby, from a screenplay by Howard Michael Gould based on his novel of the same name. It stars Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson, Morena Baccarin, Lucy Fry, Rupert Friend, Dominic Monaghan, Jacob Scipio and Clancy Brown.{{Cite news|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|date=2022-02-02|title='Last Looks' Review: A Hollywood Murder Mystery Full of Clichés|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/movies/last-looks-review.html|access-date=2022-02-03|issn=0362-4331}}

Plot

After spending three years without human contact in a remote trailer, former Detective Charlie Waldo returns to Los Angeles to investigate the murder of actor Alistair Pinch‘s wife. Initially unwilling to take the case, he agrees to stay for one day after his ex-girlfriend Lorena went missing.

After Alistair is arrested as the prime suspect, Charlie is lured back to his trailer by gangster Don Q, who claims that Lorena secretly stashed a “mem“ in the trailer. He gives Charlie an ultimatum: to retrieve the mem within 24 hours. Charlie deduces that Alistair‘s wife was killed with one of his missing acting awards and that furniture at the crime scene was moved, casting doubts on the theory believed by the police. The police reveal to him that Lorena was seemingly killed over the mem and fixer Warren Gomes attempts to pressure him off the case.

Charlie storms a party hosted by billionaire Darius Jamshidi, Gomes‘s employer. The next day, Charlie confronts Don Q over Lorena‘s murder, but is knocked out by his henchman. He receives a message from Lorena, who faked her death and hid the “mem”, a memory stick, on his property. Charlie learns that both men ordering attacks him, Jamshidi and gangsta rapper Swag Doggg, have kids in the same class as Alistair. He finds out that all three men had affairs with nymphomaniac school teacher Jayne White and attack him to keep it secret, while Alistair even got her pregnant.

Charlie has now deduced the real killer: Wilson Sikorsky, Alistair‘s boss and his employer. He had an affair with Alistair‘s wife and killed her after she threatened to tell Alistair about the affair and force him to move back to England with her. He hired Charlie because he thought the disgraced detective wouldn’t uncover the mystery and make Alistair take the Fall. After Gomes blackmailed him, he killed him, too. Sikorsky flees but is killed by Q, who reveals that on the memory stick is an epic poem he wrote. Charlie and Lorena reunite.

Cast

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Charlie Hunnam as Charlie Waldo
Mel Gibson as Alastair Pinch
Morena Baccarin as Lorena Nascimento
Lucy Fry as Jayne White
Rupert Friend as Wilson Sikorsky
Dominic Monaghan as Warren Gomes
Jacob Scipio as Don Q
Clancy Brown as Big Jim Cuppy
Paul Ben-Victor as Lieutenant Pete Conady
Method Man as Swag Doggg
David Pasquesi as Darius Jamshidi
Robin Givens as Fontella Davis
Josh McDermitt as Director
Steve Coulter as Dr. Sebastian Hexter
Deacon Randle as Nini
Rachel Hendrix as Valerie
David Michael-Smith as Bailiff Canavan
Xen Sams as Allie Jamshidi

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Production

In October 2018, Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson and Eiza González joined the cast of the film, then titled Waldo, with Tim Kirkby directing from a screenplay by Howard Michael Gould. In June 2019, Jacob Scipio, Dominic Monaghan, Clancy Brown, Morena Baccarin, and Paul Ben-Victor joined the cast of the film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/bad-boys-for-life-jacob-scipio-joins-waldo-opposite-mel-gibson-charlie-hunnam-1202629199/|title='Bad Boys For Life' Jacob Scipio Joins 'Waldo' Opposite Mel Gibson & Charlie Hunnam|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=June 7, 2019|accessdate=June 18, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/dominic-monaghan-boards-mel-gibson-charlie-hunnam-action-thriller-waldo-1202632216/|title=Dominic Monaghan Boards Mel Gibson-Charlie Hunnam Action-Thriller 'Waldo'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=June 13, 2019|accessdate=June 18, 2019|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614145418/https://deadline.com/2019/06/dominic-monaghan-boards-mel-gibson-charlie-hunnam-action-thriller-waldo-1202632216/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/clancy-brown-spongebob-boards-mel-gibson-charlie-hunnam-waldo-movie-1202632903/|title=Clancy Brown Boards Mel Gibson-Charlie Hunnam Cop Thriller 'Waldo'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=June 14, 2019|accessdate=June 18, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/waldo-morena-baccarin-mel-gibson-charlie-hunnam-movie-1202635899/|title='Waldo': Morena Baccarin Joins Mel Gibson & Charlie Hunnam In Action Thriller|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|date=June 20, 2019|accessdate=June 20, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/paul-ben-victor-tim-kirkby-waldo-the-wire-mel-gibson-charlie-hunnam-1202638846/|title='The Wire' Alum Paul Ben-Victor Joins Tim Kirkby's 'Waldo'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Dino|last=Day-Ramos|date=June 27, 2019|accessdate=June 27, 2019}} In July 2019, Lucy Fry joined the cast of the film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/lucy-fry-mel-gibson-charlie-hunnam-waldo-1202646657/|title='Bright' Actress Lucy Fry Cast In Action Thriller 'Waldo'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|date=July 15, 2019|accessdate=July 15, 2019}} In August 2019, Rupert Friend and Method Man joined the cast of the film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/homeland-rupert-friend-mel-gibson-waldo-movie-1202702207/|title='Homeland's Rupert Friend Set For Action Thriller 'Waldo'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|date=August 22, 2019|accessdate=June 30, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/method-man-charlie-hunnam-waldo-idris-elba-concrete-cowboys-wu-tang-clan-1202701802/|title=Method Man Joins 'Waldo' and Action-Thriller 'Concrete Cowboys'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Dino|last=Day-Ramos|date=August 23, 2019|accessdate=June 30, 2020}} The film was retitled from Waldo to Last Looks in June 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mel-gibson-has-busy-film-slate-renewed-anti-semitism-claim-1300903|title=Mel Gibson Has Busy Film Slate Despite Renewed Anti-Semitism Claim|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Alex|last=Ritman|date=June 30, 2020|accessdate=June 30, 2020}} In December 2021, RLJE Films acquired North American rights to the film and set it for a February 2022 release.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/last-look-release-date-mel-gibson-charlie-hunnam-morena-baccarin-waldo-1234901339/|title=Charlie Hunnam-Mel Gibson Action Comedy 'Last Looks' Gets February Release Date In RLJE Films Deal|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=December 28, 2021}}

Principal photography began in Atlanta on June 18, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://stompandstammer.com/call-sheet/wheres-waldo-in-atlanta-thats-where/|title=Where's Waldo? In Atlanta, That's Where|website=StompandStammer.com|date=June 14, 2019|accessdate=June 18, 2019}}

Release

Last Looks was released on February 4, 2022.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-14|title='Last Looks' Trailer Shows Charlie Hunnam and Morena Baccarin Solving the Murder of an Eccentric Actor's Wife|url=https://collider.com/last-looks-trailer-charlie-hunnam-morena-baccarin/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Collider|language=en-US}}

Reception

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|68|5.8|38|A mostly well-cast caper brightened by colorful characters, Last Looks may not be the most compelling mystery, but it's reasonably compelling in the moment.}}{{cite web |title=Last Looks |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_looks |access-date=2 February 2023 |language=en}} {{Metacritic film prose|49|eight|ref=yes|access-date=2 February 2023}}