Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy finally proposes to his much-younger girlfriend, all four friends go to Las Vegas to celebrate the end of Billy's longtime bachelorhood and relive their glory days. However, the four quickly realize that the intervening decades have changed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they had not imagined.
Last Vegas is a competent but formulaic buddy comedy that leans heavily on the 'Hangover for seniors' premise without adding much originality. The plot is predictable, hitting every expected beat of the aging-friends-in-Vegas template. The acting is the film's genuine strength — a cast of De Niro, Douglas, Freeman, and Kline elevates fairly thin material with charm and chemistry, though they're working well below their capabilities. Cinematography is workmanlike Vegas gloss with nothing distinctive. Novelty is low — the concept is a well-worn generational twist on an existing formula, and the execution doesn't transcend that. The ending resolves everything neatly and predictably, offering little emotional surprise.