BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Moustroll
Good movie but grossly overrated
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Mathilde the Guild
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Uriah43
I have several problems with this film. For one thing, I'm not sure the director (Max Makowski) had any definitive idea on what type of movie he was trying to create. At first it starts off as a comedy but then morphs into a crime-drama with elements of romance and then back to a serious drama. Further, he puts some scenes out front and then back-tracks on them only to come full circle toward the end. I found this technique initially confusing but later it seemed all too elementary after everything was said and done. Not only that, but I thought the outstanding performance of Francis Ng ("T") was downgraded to an extent by the attempted comedy all around him. And other than him I didn't see anybody else in the cast who was nearly as good by comparison. In short, this film features a complicated plot with ambivalent direction which utilizes a confusing technique that hampers an otherwise brilliant performance by the lead actor. I think that pretty much says it all.
Dario80
Ever since I saw the movie poster many months ago, I was highly enthused to watch this local Raintree Pictures production given the accreditation and hype accompanying its release. Having seen it now, I felt it was a real disappointment and a movie I would love to forget, especially since 'One Last Dance' was the first movie I saw in 2007. My disappointment began right from the start with the Introductory sequence totally eliminating any hopes I had for an intelligent, serious, suspense, crime thriller. 'One Last Dance' really got it all mixed up, genre wise. I strongly feel the director/producers really should make a stand on what they wish to offer the audience ie.thriller,action,romance,comedy??? Random inclusion of cheap and ill-advised humour that may not be easily understood by all is for me the major flaw that killed this movie. This along with certain highly annoying characters in the movie such as Joseph Quek's "Ko" which only commendable 'on screen task' is to bring out the best in the actor himself for he really did annoy me quite a bit. The assembled cast as a whole did a decent job, with the leading guys, Francis Ng, Ti Lung, Vivian Hsu holding their roles well. It was also good to see quite a selection of local actors involved. However, it was interesting to hear certain members' of the audience commenting that "perhaps Harvey Keitel was on vacation in the region when he was approached, and roped in to do a cameo out of goodwill" I would not mind that speculation for I believe his character in the movie could be played by almost anyone else. Overall, I do applaud the 'Memento' like concept of story telling, and the anonymity of the setting (We have no idea where & when the story was set, could hardly even tell it was filmed in Singapore), this I believe is pretty encouraging for Raintree Pictures. However, the CGI and other effects could really be better, and with a concept hinting at sophistication, 'One Last Dance' could really do without the badly executed on screen humour which probably took 3 to 4 marks off the movie. I would forget this and look forward to better movies in the long year ahead...
helmutty
Argghhhh......there is no puzzle and no story plot. All T do is just kill! He has no feeling or whatever. He just go for the kill, killing all the people that he was asked to kill. Though, it may be the first attempt to make an action movie in Singapore, there is still room for improvement like No Animated Blood, the director should try and make this movie real not to make cheesy or boring. What we can say...this director came all the way to Singapore(which I assumed) to film this crap product. But the director did a great job in transforming Singapore into a creepy and gritty Singapore which we never saw. The only thing I recognize is the MRT Train. The cast was okay and the music was beautiful. I was fooled by the gritty poster and straight away thought it was an action crime. And I was wrong...yeah, there is gun-blast and killing, so what and there must be a plot not the confusing twisting story, jump one scene to another without not knowing what that was about. I don't know what this director was telling us. Look like he wanted to show us his gritty art of Singapore. But there is still improvement for movies that featuring Singapore.
wmmm-1
A very well written story. The film gives a kaleidoscopic view of the underground world with an emerging focus on the role and life of individuals. The film provides reflections on deepest human emotions portrayed in a world where one does not expect such feelings to exist nor the desire to right wrongs. The film is challenging and a puzzle which slowly unfolds. Overall an interesting movie showing the more than two faces of the crime world. What We see is a sobering and even tragic picture of the crime world. There is fine acting and good selection of locations. For English speakers who must follow the translation some of the impact of the film in Cantonese may, unfortunately, not be fully appreciated.