''Last Looks'' is a 2022

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, directed by Tim Kirkby, from a screenplay by Howard Michael Gould based on his novel of the same name. It stars

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Lucy Fry Lucy Elizabeth Fry (born 14 March 1992) is an Australian actress. She is known for portraying Zoey in '' Lightning Point'', Lyla in '' Mako: Island of Secrets'', and Lissa Dragomir in the film ''Vampire Academy''. Fry was also cast in Hulu's ei ...

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Dominic Monaghan Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is a British-Irish actor. He is best known for playing Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's film trilogy ''The Lord of the Rings'' (2001–2003), and Charlie Pace on the ...

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and

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Plot

After spending three years without human contact in a remote trailer, former Detective Charlie Waldo returns to

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to investigate the murder of actor Alistair Pinch‘s wife. Initially unwilling to take the case, he agrees to stay for one day after his ex-girlfriend Lorena went missing. After Alistair is arrested as the prime suspect, Charlie is lured back to his trailer by gangster Don Q, who claims that Lorena secretly stashed a “mem“ in the trailer. He gives Charlie an ultimatum: to retrieve the mem within 24 hours. Charlie deduces that Alistair‘s wife was killed with one of his missing acting awards and that furniture at the crime scene was moved, casting doubts on the theory believed by the police. The police reveal to him that Lorena was seemingly killed over the mem and fixer Warren Gomes attempts to pressure him off the case. Charlie storms a party hosted by billionaire Darius Jamshidi, Gomes‘s employer. The next day, Charlie confronts Don Q over Lorena‘s murder, but is knocked out by his henchman. He receives a message from Lorena, who faked her death and hid the “mem”, a memory stick, on his property. Charlie learns that both men ordering attacks him, Jamshidi and gangsta rapper Swag Doggg, have kids in the same class as Alistair. He finds out that all three men had affairs with nymphomaniac school teacher Jayne White and attack him to keep it secret, while Alistair even got her pregnant. Charlie has now deduced the real killer: Wilson Sikorsky, Alistair‘s boss and his employer. He had an affair with Alistair‘s wife and killed her after she threatened to tell Alistair about the affair and force him to move back to England with her. He hired Charlie because he thought the disgraced detective wouldn’t uncover the mystery and make Alistair take the Fall. After Gomes blackmailed him, he killed him, too. Sikorsky flees but is killed by Q, who reveals that on the memory stick is an epic poem he wrote. Charlie and Lorena reunite.

Cast

Production

In October 2018,

and

Eiza González Eiza González Reyna (born 30 January 1990) is a Mexican actress and singer. She gained popularity for starring in the Argentine Nickelodeon teen sitcom '' Sueña conmigo'' (2010–2011). As a singer, she released the albums '' Contracorriente' ...

joined the cast of the film, then titled ''Waldo'', with Tim Kirkby directing from a screenplay by Howard Michael Gould. In June 2019,

, and

Paul Ben-Victor Paul Ben-Victor (born ) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Greek mobster Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos on the HBO drama series ''The Wire'', Alan Gray in '' Entourage'' (2005–2008), and Ray in '' Body Parts'' (1991). Early lif ...

joined the cast of the film. In July 2019,

joined the cast of the film. In August 2019,

and

Method Man Clifford Smith, Jr. (born March 2, 1971), known professionally as Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip hop duo Method Man & R ...

joined the cast of the film. The film was retitled from ''Waldo'' to ''Last Looks'' in June 2020. In December 2021,

RLJE Films RLJ Entertainment (formerly Image Entertainment) is an American film production company and home video distributor, distributing film and television productions in North America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340 ...

acquired North American rights to the film and set it for a February 2022 release.

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...

began in

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on June 18, 2019.

Release

''Last Looks'' was released on February 4, 2022.

Reception

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