''Last Rampage'' is a 2017 American

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film directed by

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. The screenplay by Alvaro Rodriguez and Jason Rosenblatt is based on the non-fiction book ''Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison'' by

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Professor James W. Clarke, and details the true story of Tison's 1978 prison escape and subsequent murders. The film stars

Robert Patrick Robert Hammond Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is an American actor. Known for portraying villains and authority figures, Patrick is a Saturn Award winner with four other nominations. Patrick dropped out of college when drama class sparked his ...

(who also produced the film) as Tison,

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as his wife Dorothy, and

Chris Browning Christopher Jay Browning (born March 8, 1964) is an American television and film actor, known for film work and character roles. Career Browning began his acting career in 1987, at age 22 or 23, with a sitcom television series. Due to his drug ...

as his accomplice

Randy Greenawalt Randall Greenawalt (February 24, 1949 – January 23, 1997) was an American serial killer and mass murderer. Originally sentenced to life imprisonment for two murders committed in 1974, Greenawalt later became notorious for escaping together with ...

Bruce Davison Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor who has appeared in more than 270 films, television and stage productions since his debut in 1968. His breakthrough role was as Willard Stiles in the 1971 cult horror film '' Willard' ...

plays a fictional law enforcement official pursuing Tison (a composite of several real-world individuals), and Alex MacNicoll, Skyy Moore, and Casey Thomas Brown portray Tison's three sons. The events were previously depicted in '' A Killer in the Family'', starring

Robert Mitchum Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He is known for his antihero roles and film noir appearances. He received nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. He received a star on the Holl ...

as Gary Tison, with

James Spader James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960; ) is an American actor. He is known for often portraying eccentric and morally ambiguous characters. He began his career in critically acclaimed independent films before transitioning into television, f ...

Eric Stoltz Eric Cameron Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He played Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film ''Mask'' (1985), which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting ...

and

Lance Kerwin Lance Michael Kerwin (November 6, 1960 – January 24, 2023) was an American actor, known primarily for roles in television and film during his childhood and teen years in the 1970s. He played lead roles in the TV series ''James at 15'' as well ...

as his sons.

Synopsis

The film tells the true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenawalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, AZ in the summer of 1978.

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'' reviewer Michael Rechtshaffen called Robert Patrick "brutally effective" in a positive review of the film.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Rampage 2010s American films 2010s English-language films 2017 biographical drama films 2017 drama films 2017 films American biographical drama films Biographical films about criminals Drama films based on actual events English-language biographical drama films Films based on books Films directed by Dwight H. Little Films scored by Richard Patrick Films set in 1978 Films set in Arizona

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