An aging protection specialist takes on one last job before retirement, protecting a couple who stole eight million dollars from a ruthless crime family. Final Kill, written and directed by Justin Lee, is a well-made low budget crime thriller with a top flight B-movie cast. It isn’t anything we all haven’t seen before, but it works more than it doesn’t, and sometimes that’s all you really need.
Final Kill stars Ed Morrone as Mickey Rome, a professional protector that is burned out from his job. His therapist Dr. Metzger (Dr. Drew Pinsky for some reason) isn’t much help, nor are his friends and colleagues. In fact, Mickey’s boss Carl Riser (Billy Zane) wants him to take on one more job before quitting.
At first, Mickey doesn’t want to take the final job. Mickey just wants to stop, but Carl eventually convinces Mickey to take on one last gig. The final job will send Mickey to a safe house in Central America where he will protect a husband and wife from an organized crime outfit (the married couple apparently stole $8 million from the outfit and the outfit is pissed about it). It’s supposed to be an easy job; two people, just for a few days.