The Last Drop

The Last Drop

Infobox Film
name = The Last Drop


caption = The fog of war...what better time for a robbery?
director = Colin Teague
producer = Hamish Skeggs
Andrei Boncea
writer = Colin Teague
Gary Young
narrator =
starring = Billy Zane
Michael Madsen
Karel Roden
Tommy Flanagan
music = David Julyan
cinematography = Maxime Alexandre
editing = Michael Ellis
distributor = First Look International
released = flagicon|France May 16, 2005 (Cannes Film Festival)
runtime = 103 min
country = UK
USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:326836
imdb_id = 0398029
website = http://www.dropthemovie.com/home.asp

"Distract the enemy. Sabotage the alliance. Steal a fortune."
"The Last Drop" is a 2005 action adventure film from writer/director Colin Teague. Teague teamed up with screenwriter Gary Young, with whom he had previously collaborated on the British crime drama films "Shooters" and "Spivs". Incidentally, Andrew Howard and Louis Dempsey, who cowrote "Shooters" alongside Teague and Young, both appear briefly in the film.

Plot Synopsis

The film is set in the backdrop of World War II, during Operation Market Garden, the largest full scale airborne invasion in history. Corporal Powell (Newbon), an undercover British Intelligence officer, has been given command of a small unit of men, codenamed Matchbox. Their assignment is to retrieve a horde of Dutch gold and art treasures that has been plundered by the Nazis and is now headed for Berlin in a seemingly impregnable safe. Simple enough, but when Matchbox is shot down short of the drop point their plan goes awry and Powell is forced to recruit the assistance of several colorful characters, including a smart mouthed petty thief (Moran), a drunken bomb disposal expert (Flanagan), and a smooth talking pilot with a keen eye for the ladies (Zane).

As Powell and his roving band of misfits fight their way through German counterattack, members of the Dutch resistance (Gaskell and Beed) have managed to pinpoint the location of the stolen loot, where it is being closely guarded by the vile SS Major Kessler (Fox) and his elite team of storm troopers. Risking their lives, they communicate this vital information to British Intelligence in a courageous attempt to liberate occupied Holland. At the same time, renegade German forces race to get their hands on the loot as well. It’s a race against the clock, in the midst of a heated battle, ending with an enthralling climax.

Cast

Characters

The Allies

*Corporal Rhys Powell, played by Neil Newbon, is an undercover agent who has been tasked by British Intelligence as Matchbox’s team lead.
*Private Alan Ives, played by Nick Moran, is a smart mouthed petty thief and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox.
*Private David Wellings, played by Rafe Spall, is a naïve medical orderly and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox.
*Private Dennis Baker, played by Tommy Flanagan, is a drunken, somewhat psychotic bomb disposal expert and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox.
*Sergeant Bill McMillan, played by Sean Pertwee, is a battle hardened veteran and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox.
*Flight Sergeant Robert Oates, played by Billy Zane, is a smooth talking Canadian pilot with a strong appetite for women, and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox.
*Benitta and Saskia, played by Lucy Gaskell and Coral Reed, respectively, are members of the Dutch resistance who will stop at nothing to liberate their beloved country.

The Axis

*Major Kessler, played by Laurence Fox, is a ruthless Nazi tasked by the SS with safeguarding the loot. He and his elite team of storm troopers will go to great lengths to keep it from falling into enemy hands.
*Sergeant Hans Beck and Lieutenant Jergen Voller, played by Karel Roden and Alexander Skarsgård, respectively, are renegade German soldiers bent on snatching the loot for themselves. Voller has some unfinished business to settle with Kessler.

External Links

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* [http://wc04.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll "The Last Drop"] at Rotten Tomatoes
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* [http://http://www.dropthemovie.com/home.asp/ "The Last Drop" Official Website]


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