Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Release Date: 10/19/2004
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs)
Distributor/Studio: Palm Pictures
In between the big-budget
Blade and
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, British filmmaker
Stephen Norrington directs the straight-to-video
crime drama The Last Minute. Told in flashback, the story follows the rise and fall of Billy Byrne (
Max Beesley). With a determined goal to be famous, he lands his first big show with the help of his slick agent, Walsh (
Anthony Higgins). Fame comes quickly as he travels the globe and gets invited to hip clubs, becoming the darling of the London art scene. Due to his excessive, self-centered behavior, his girlfriend Janey (
Kate Ashfield) leaves him. His fame fades away and he falls into a life of crime, drugs, and gangsters led by Grimshanks (
Tom Bell), where he meets Anna (
Emily Corrie).
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide