One Last Shot

Well put together with a story full of hints about what's going. Multiple locations and extras give it real validity but the picture quality could be a bit sharper...give it a go.

A weird precursor to Trailer Park Boys, with Wells and Tremblay testing out their comedic style and playing characters different to those which received cult status, but with similar characteristics showing through.

Two best friends spend a night out drinking together before one moves away forever, hoping to share a secret before he departs. There is an odd introduction to an iteration of Mr Lahey, who in One Last Shot is a mean pet shop owner, and boss of 'GW'. Other than backstory, though, he is the exact same character.

Shot in grainy black and white footage with familiar angles, this short film holds many similarities with their later work. The humour is far more understated, a more subdued approach which doesn't turn the characters into caricatures. Overall though, this probably wouldn't draw an audience further than TPB fans.

So this film is precursor to TPB. Robb Wells stars as Robb and John Paul Tremblay as Gary William aka GW. John Dunsworth plays Mr. Lahey who happens to be GW's boss. The film and characters aren't the greatest and there's definitely a lot of fleshing out certain details and characteristics between One Last Shot and the debut of Trailer Park Boys. But this is no doubt where it began.

Available on Netflix Canada at the time of this writing (September 2018).

Nothing mentionable. It felt it was unnecessarily dragged.

This was a great start to what would become an amazing series. I enjoyed the fun introduction to characters that would soon become the infamous Ricky and Julian from Trailer Park Boys the series. Being filmed in black white gave the film a nice touch. This gave the short film an older artsy feel to it. I am bias because I have watched the series prior to seeing this short film. But despite that I believe anyone who sees this should be able to appreciate the simple relationship of these characters being developed for future films and the series.