Last Dance (1996)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Writers (WGA):

Steven Haft (story) &
Ron Koslow (story) ...

Release Date:

3 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes justice is a crime

Plot:

Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a...

Plot Keywords:

Lethal Injection | Beautiful Woman | Women's Prison

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sharon Stone	...	Cindy Liggett
Rob Morrow	...	Rick Hayes
Randy Quaid	...	Sam Burns
Peter Gallagher	...	John Hayes
Jack Thompson	...	The Governor
Jayne Brook	...	Jill
Pamala Tyson	...	Linda, Legal Aid Attorney
Skeet Ulrich	...	Billy, Cindy's Brother
Don Harvey	...	Doug
Diane Sellers	...	Inmate Reggie
Patricia French	...	Guard Frances
Jeffrey Buckner Ford	...	D.A. Rusk (as Jeffrey Ford)
Dave Hager	...	Detective Vollo
Christine Cattell	...	Louise
Peg Allen	...	Helen

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some drug content.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:12 | USA:R (certificate #34101) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:MA | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

DRIVE ME HOME

Slow Paced, Poorly Told Story

I gave this 3 stars out of a possible 10.

The film revolves around Rick Hayes, who is on the Clemency Board, and Cindy Liggett, a woman who has been on Death Row for the last 12 years.

For reasons that never become solid, Rick Hayes becomes obsessed with getting Cindy Liggett a stay of execution and having her conviction turned over to a life sentence in prison. He seems convinced she has changed and is not the same person she was when the crime was committed--although nothing is ever shown to indicate that.

If the story had been told beginning with Cindy's youth, and showing the kind of environment she endured, what kind of person her mother was, and how or why Cindy became involved in heavy drug use and in committing burglaries, and how Debbie [the woman she murdered and McGuire, Debbie's boyfriend, also murdered by Cindy]--made Cindy's life even more miserable -- perhaps I could have felt some sympathy for her, and interest.

As it was, despite the fact Sharon Stone does an excellent job portraying Cindy Liggett, we never get to know the character or her background well enough to care about her.