Review of The Last Detail (1973) by Steven1981 — 14 Apr 2020

I've heard of The Last Detail for a while but never saw it until 2020 when I watched it online which is odd since it's been out since 1973... Having just watched it on 14 April 2020 I will tell you what I think of the film because to be honest I wasn't sure what I was about to see because no disrespect to Jack Nicholson because he's a great actor and done classic films which I like such as Chinatown, Batman, Five Easy Pieces, The Shining, The Passenger, Blood and Wine, A Few Good Men and many others which I like however some of his films like Mars Attacks I hate with a passion.

However overall a big percentage of his films I like and he's a great actor but anyway The Last Detail was directed by Hal Ashby in 1973 and as far as I remember the story is about two guys in the navy who must escort somebody to prison but they give the dude who they must take to prison the time of his life first by feeding him, giving him beers in a hotel room and all that and I like Jack Nicholson's performance and Randy Quaids and it's better than I thought it would be having never seen it and being curious.

It's a simple story, nothing spectacular and not much happens apart from the story I mentioned and obviously the prisoner trying to escape but it's never boring and uses basically zero violence. Overall a great film and Jack Nicholson puffing on a cigar.