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With: Tom Sizemore, Sasha Alexander, Sprague Grayden, Bill Smitrovich, Ray McKinnon, Omid Abtahi, Randall Batinkoff, Jerry Hardin, Smith Cho, Paul Rae, Ritchie Montgomery, Jason Konopisos, Jacob Tolano, Edrick Browne, Odessa Sykes
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Written by: Peter Biegen, Max Allan Collins, based on a story by Max Allan Collins
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Directed by: Jeffrey Goodman
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MPAA Rating: R for violence and language
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Running Time: 93
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Date: 03/28/2008
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Cold Pulp
By Jeffrey M. Anderson This low-budget film tells the story of a middle-aged hitman, Mr. Price (Tom Sizemore), who takes on a job that he thinks will allow him to retire. Unfortunately, he falls in love with his target, the sad, pretty thirtysomething Sarah (Sasha Alexander). The script was co-written by Max Allan Collins, based on his own short story. Collins is a prolific crime writer, as well as an expert on the history of the crime genre. He once wrote and directed his own B-level horror film Mommy (1995), and a graphic novel of his served as the basis for the A-list film Road to Perdition (2002). At the very least, The Last Lullaby should have been wise and sharp, but instead it has a somber, wintry feel. The performances are solid and the characters mostly ring true, and there's a very good shootout among the dried reeds at the edge of a field. But director Jeffrey Goodman seems to want to imagine that his film is grander than its origins, as if the material embarrassed him. It reminded me of the recent Killshot; it's not bad, just a bit uncomfortable in its own skin.
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