
Every Last One of Them
By Jeffrey M. Anderson,
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Absolutely awful Rambo-like action movie champions revenge.

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What's the Story?
In EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, Jake Hunter (Paul Sloan) comes to a small town searching for his missing daughter, Melissa (Claire Kniaz). In a bar, Jake gets into a fight with a young man who turns out to be the son of the most powerful man in town, Nichols (Jake Weber). Jake is arrested but breaks free; he steals a police car and heads to the Nichols' farmland. He shoots Nichols' son and hides out among the acres of crops. When armed men come in after him, Jake takes them out one by one, with the use of some kind of secret combat training. Before long, Jake's old commanding officer, Murphy (Richard Dreyfuss), is called in to help. Can Jake survive long enough to discover what happened to Melissa?
Is It Any Good?
It apparently took four writers to create this awful Rambo knockoff, wherein almost nothing makes any sense, from the larger plot arc all the way down to the weirdly mismatched dialogue exchanges. Every Last One of Them doesn't even bother to let viewers know who the main character is or what he's looking for in the first reel; we're just supposed to like Jake because he looks like a movie tough guy. He's not very smart, either. He shoots and kills the only person who could have known anything about Melissa without getting any information first. (He never seems to be able to decide whether he believes she's alive or dead.) Then, despite this act of cold-blooded killing, we're still supposed to root for him and consider him the hero as he runs off into the farmlands.
Dreyfuss (whose role is the equivalent of Richard Crenna's character from the Rambo story) shows up having been "called in" by somebody, but ... who? How would he know anything about this, and how would any of the characters know how to call him? So much else is wrong with Every Last One of Them, too, from the awkward flashbacks to the supposed "water deal" that's part of the plot but is eventually forgotten, to the creepy marriage-like relationship between Nichols and his sister (Taryn Manning). But the worst thing about this movie is that (spoiler alert?), despite being a flat-out murderer, Jake walks away in the end, with a police officer saying "you're not the bad guy." Some dialogue at the coda reminds us that "this world is a cruel and unforgiving place." It sure is, when movies like this are being made.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about Every Last One of Them's violence. How did it make you feel? Was it exciting? Shocking? What did the movie show or not show to achieve this effect? Why is that important?
How are drugs and addiction depicted here? Are drugs (or alcohol or smoking) made to look cool? What consequences are shown? Why is that important?
What is the movie's theme? What violence in the movie is considered acceptable, and what isn't? Why? Do you agree?
What is the father-daughter relationship between Jake and Melissa like? How does it compare to your own real-life relationships?
Can Jake be considered a "hero"? What about him resembles a traditional movie hero? What about him is unheroic?
Movie Details
- In theaters: October 22, 2021
- On DVD or streaming: October 22, 2021
- Cast: Paul Sloan , Taryn Manning , Richard Dreyfuss
- Director: Christian Sesma
- Inclusion Information: Female actors
- Studio: Saban Films
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Run time: 83 minutes
- MPAA rating: R
- MPAA explanation: violence, sexual assault, drug use, language throughout and nudity
- Last updated: October 8, 2022
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