Last Ride

Australia   Hugo Weaving

Road trip film. Ex-con is on the run after murdering his best friend in a fit of rage...one of many during this story. He is accompanied by his 8 yo son...who loves his dad but is having trouble reconciling the constant violence he witnesses and, indeed, is subjected to.

This is essentially a two-hander...the relationship between father and son works throughout. Weaving is convincing as a hair-trigger psycho who, at times, realizes he's doing it all wrong and tries to make amends.

Harrowing story filmed mostly at magic hour which tempers the ugly images enough to make the story palatable.

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