Wouldn’t you enjoy going on one last trip with your old pals to enjoy one last hurrah before one of you ties the knot with the love of your life? Talking and enjoying each other’s company just like you used to do as a kid will surely refresh your relationship with your childhood friends.
The comedy film, directed by Jon Turteltaub, follows an aging Billy and his pals Paddy, Archie, and Sam, going to Vegas to enjoy Billy’s last days of bachelorette after he proposes to his much younger girlfriend.
The four friends reminisce in their memories and relive their days of glory in each other’s company before Billy finally loses his bachelorhood, but things escalate quickly after the friends realize that the sin city has changed since the day they first arrive.
Produced by Laurence Mark and Nathan Kahane, the comedy film stars Michael Douglas playing Billy’s role, the film’s protagonist, Robert De Niro playing Patrick’s role, Billy’s friend, Morgan Freeman playing Archibald’s role, and Kevin Kline playing Sam’s role, Billy’s friend in the lead.
Released on 30 October 2013, the comedy film did unexpectedly well amongst the audience with a box office collection of $134.4 M and an initial budget of $28 M.
The nostalgic value of the film was loved and appreciated by the audience. The film portrays the emotions of love and loyalty brilliantly to the audience with its ensemble cast.
Last Vegas – Premise
The film kicked off with four childhood friends, Sam, Paddy, Archie, and Billy from Brooklyn, now older but still together, bonding in a loving friendship. Sam lives in Naples, Florida, with his wife, while Archie is a divorcee living in New Jersey.
Patty is bitter and has lived alone in his Brooklyn apartment since Sophie, his beloved wife, died. Meanwhile, Billy is a successful entrepreneur in Malibu, living with Kisa, his much younger girlfriend.
Billy contacts his childhood buddies after finding a bottle of scotch they stole as children. Billy has proposed to his younger girlfriend, Lisa, and his friends propose to them to have a bachelorette party for Billy in Las Vegas before he ties the knot with Lisa.
The friends visit the Aria where Billy and Lisa’s wedding is to be held and get attracted towards Diana, the lounge singer.
The friends offer Diana to join them for Billy’s bachelorette after they share a drink. Meanwhile, Archie goes to a blackjack table and buys chips worth $15,000 while waiting to get their hotel rooms.
When Sam and Paddy return to the table with Archie, they find that he has won $102,000 but leave the table hurriedly in fear of being accused of card counting.
Meanwhile, Billy and Diana tour the wedding chapel together, where he gets smitten by Diana’s beauty. The friends then become judges for a swimming competition before they are confronted by the casino manager, who offers to compensate them with his penthouse suite in hopes of having Archie stay in the hotel and spend his winnings there.
Meanwhile, Paddy storms off after Billy suggests that the group open the bottle of scotch to celebrate his bachelorette, but the remaining friends decide to spend the night bar hopping and drinking.
Once in the club, Sam meets a young, attractive maid of honor from another bachelorette who seems attracted to him. Paddy decides to open up to Diana about Billy and himself being in love with Sophia when they were young, and after she picked Paddy, the two drifted off for a while.
Diana convinces him to stop living in the past and move on while the remaining friends recover from the night of clubbing. Paddy admits to Billy that he needs to move on from Sophia after he joins his friends at their pool cabana.
Paddy also opens up about being angry at Billy for marrying a woman he isn’t in love with. Meanwhile, Sam and Archie decide to throw a massive bachelorette party for Billy and invite several people.
Billy visits Diana, whom she admits to being fond of, and questions him about his true feelings for Lisa. As the pair is having a walk, Billy opens up to Diana about Sophia choosing Billy in secret before choosing Paddy.
Paddy gives Sophia the ultimatum to choose either one of them, but changes her decision after he tells her that she was meant to be with Paddy.
Diana tells Billy that she feels like he is treating her the same way he treated Sophia, which Paddy overhears and gets devastated to learn the truth behind Sophia choosing him.
In his devastation, Paddy throws the old scotch bottle in the trash before leaving the party while Sam prepares to cheat on his wife with the young maid of honor from The Bachelorette but fails to do so after realizing the love he has for his wife.
The following morning, Paddy confronts Billy at the pool, where he tells Billy that no one could have told Sophia whom to love, and the pair lived a beautiful life together. When Lisa arrives at the venue with his bridesmaid, Paddy pushes Billy into the pool and informs her about the latter calling off the wedding.
Billy admits his feelings to Diana while she is singing in the lounge, and the friends finally open the scotch bottle for a toast. The film ends with Billy contacting his friends to tell them of his decision to marry Diana, and everyone except Sam picks up the call as he is busy in bed with his beloved wife.
Last Vegas – Filming Locations
The filming of Last Vegas started in November of 2012, with Las Vegas as the prime location.
1. Atlanta, Georgia
Known to be the busiest airport in the world, historical significance in the Civil Rights Movement, world-famous hip-hop culture, and the birthplace of Coca-Cola, the beautiful capital of Georgia, Atlanta, was used by the production crew of Last Vegas to film the second half of the movie.
2. Las Vegas
Known for entertainment, shopping, gambling, fine dining, and nightlife, a beautiful city, Las Vegas, was used by the production crew of Last Vegas to film the movie. Neon Museum, Las Vegas, was used to film the part with the neon sign graveyard.
