The Last Duel is a new movie by the famous director, Edward Zwick. The film tells the story of the last fatal duel in America and weaves together the personal lives of those involved: a wealthy industrialist who is determined to change the law; his son, a hot-tempered young man hellbent on revenge; the inventor of the revolver who becomes an unwilling pawn in their game; and an ambitious reporter who’s job leads her from journalism into politics.(The Defeated” season 2: what we know so far)
Release date:
15th October 2021
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama.
Cast and characters:
– Thomas Kretschmann as Donald Faraday: the wealthy industrialist who is the main force behind the “Dueling Act” along with the reporter, Laura Chapman.
– Bradley James as Davis McCall: the son of Donald Faraday who is hellbent on avenging his father’s death by killing the man responsible for the duel.
– Ana Ularu as Lovina Steele: the inventor’s daughter and love interest to the hot-headed young man, Davis McCall.
– Martin Donovan as the Senator: the political rival of the reporter, Laura Chapman.
– Trevor St. John as Brandt Faraday: Donald’s son, a hot-tempered young man hellbent on revenge for the death of his brother in the duel.
– Sarah Carter as the reporter Katherine Brandt: the hot-headed reporter who is the love interest of the Senator’s son, Brandt.
– Jon Mack as the old man: the witness to Donald Faraday’s death in the duel.
– Catherine Wadkins as Katherine Chapman: the motherly figure for her two children and ex-wife of the senator that has a bad relationship with him.
– Billy Zane as the Senator: the political rival of the reporter, Laura Chapman.
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– Jon Polito is the inventor of Abe Jagger: the man who is the love interest of the Senator’s ex-wife.
– Lee Arenberg as the bodyguard Eddie Chapman: Katherine’s brother, the son of the senator, and the older brother to Laura that works for him in order to protect his sister.
Written by:
John Herzfeld; based on the book “The Big Book of Revenge” by Jens Lapidus and Jan Guillou.
Directed by:
James Dyer ( the last duel the movie )
Produced by:
– David Gere
– Steven Paul
Plot details:
Davis McCall is a hotheaded man who has an intense hatred for the inventor and the duelling act that he stands behind. His father was killed in lawless land known to be outside the influence of government due to this act; the last duel was the movie release date.
He vows to take revenge and finally tracks the inventor down in Paris, France: the city of love. He challenges him first to a sword fight only to be beaten by the skilled opponent and then again with pistols, where McCall unexpectedly wins, but he is arrested for murder as well as breaking other laws which the inventor was the one to enforce.
Synopsis:
This movie is about the last duel and the cast of the actors in this film. The plot involves a man who goes through many obstacles before finding out that his real enemy is not what he thinks it is, as the duelling act comes into play as well as some romance for good measure.
It stars the talented Robert Downey Jr, the beautiful Rebecca Hall and the handsome Jude Law.