Written by James M. Tate / 8/03/2017 / No comments / crime , david keith , heist , john hurt , kevin j. o'connor , lisa blount , matthew modine , neo noir , nineties
TITLES 'IF DOG RABBIT' AKA 'ONE LAST SCORE' AKA 'DOWN SOUTH'
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Year Released: 1999 |
Either can be the meaning behind what seems to be one of the worst titles of all time, IF... DOG... RABBIT, later changed to the more conventional, simplistic and unfitting ONE LAST SCORE, a Neo Noir heist drama written and directed by Matthew Modine, taking place DOWN SOUTH (which is another video release title), first near Mexico and then within its sun-exposed streets where our anti-hero hides away with crazy brother Kevin J. O'Connor; the latter who smashed Modine's parole officer, played by David Keith, on the head after too much snooping around (Keith's girl Lisa Blount from OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN has a role)...
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IfDogRabbitScore: *** |
Instead, O'Connor's spontaneous wild card is what everything depends on, even after the boys wind up planning a bullfight heist, which leads to a rather anti-climactic finale. A shame since the more slowburn scenes leading up where the criminals, including Lisa Marie as a rich girl airhead moll, blend into the dilapidated backdrop of shanties and shacks. Still though, it's not a bad time-filler despite the indie budget keeping IF... DOG... RABBIT aka ONE LAST SCORE an art-house alternative to more bombastic and exciting crime flicks and for that, not digging deep enough into the flesh to be completely character-driven, which seems the overall intention.
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