The Last Drop
The Last Drop is a 2006 British-Romanian war film by Colin Teague that was released direct to video. Teague teamed up with Gary Young, with whom he had previously collaborated on the British crime drama films Shooters and Spivs. Andrew Howard and Louis Dempsey, who cowrote Shooters alongside Teague and Young, both appear briefly in the film.
| The Last Drop | |
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| Directed by | Colin Teague |
| Produced by | Hamish Skeggs Andrei Boncea |
| Written by | Colin Teague Gary Young |
| Starring | Billy Zane Michael Madsen Karel Roden Tommy Flanagan |
| Music by | David Julyan |
| Cinematography | Maxime Alexandre |
| Edited by | Michael Ellis |
Production company | Carnaby International Media Pro Pictures |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (UK) |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom Romania |
| Language | English |
Plot
The film is set against the backdrop of World War II, during Operation Market Garden, the largest full scale airborne invasion in history. Corporal Powell (Neil Newbon), an undercover British Intelligence officer, has been given command of a small unit of men, codenamed Matchbox. Their assignment is to retrieve a hoard of Dutch gold and art treasures, plundered by the Nazis, from a seemingly impregnable booby-trapped underground bunker. 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 (Nick Moran), a drunken bomb disposal expert (Tommy Flanagan), and a smooth talking pilot with a keen eye for smooth ladies (Billy Zane).
As Powell and his roving band of misfits fight their way through a German counterattack, Benitta and Saskia, members of the Dutch resistance (Lucy Gaskell and Coral Beed) have managed to pinpoint the location of the stolen loot, where it is about to be moved to Berlin by the vile SS Major Kessler (Laurence Fox) and his troops. Risking their lives, they communicate this vital information to British Intelligence in a courageous attempt to liberate the occupied Netherlands. 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.
Cast
| Actor | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laurence Fox | SS Major Klaus Kessler | 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 |
| Louis Dempsey | Snyder | |
| Lucy Gaskell | Benitta | Members of the Dutch resistance who will stop at nothing to liberate their beloved country |
| Coral Beed | Saskia | |
| Andrew Howard | Cpt Edward Banks | |
| Jack Dee | Warren | |
| Neil Newbon | Cpl Rhys Powell | An undercover SOE agent who has been tasked by British Intelligence as Matchbox's team lead |
| Nick Moran | Pvt Alan Ives | A smart mouthed petty thief and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox |
| Rafe Spall | Pvt David Wellings | A naïve medical orderly and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox |
| Tommy Flanagan | Pvt Dennis Baker | A drunken, somewhat psychotic bomb disposal expert and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox |
| Sean Pertwee | Sgt Bill McMillan | A battle hardened veteran and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox |
| Billy Zane | Flt Lt Robert Oates | A smooth talking Canadian pilot with a strong appetite for women, and one of the few surviving members of Matchbox |
| Neil Jackson | Flt Lt Simkins | |
| Steve Speirs | Gustav Hansfeldt | |
| Agathe De La Boulaye | Katrina | |
| David Ginola | Cpl Dieter Max | |
| Karel Roden | Sgt Hans Beck | Renegade German soldiers bent on snatching the loot for themselves. Voller has some unfinished business to settle with Kessler, his brother |
| Alexander Skarsgård | Lt Jergen Voller | |
| Michael Madsen | Col J.T. Colt | |
| Todd Spangler | Shannon | |
| Dave Evans | Pvt Meyer | |
| Justin Thompson | Steiner | |
| Gheorge Debre | Mayer | |
| Iaona Popescu-Galgotiu | Mayer's Wife | |
| Diarmid Scrimshaw | Museum Guide | |
| Aoife Madden | Janet |