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***SPOILERS*** The movie "Last Chance Café" is saved by the almost effortlessly acting of its star Kevin Sarbo as rancher and horse breeder Chance, or one chance in a million, Coulter. Sarbo is so likable that he seems almost out of place in the film that calls for him to have it out with the West Coast Mafia who are tracking down his girlfriend Hallie Boyer, Kate Vernon, and her 11 year-old daughter Kiley, Jessica Amlee.

Both Hallie and Kiley end up at Chance's Ranch when they check out of town, L.A, in fear for their lives. It turns out that Hallie got hold of a sh*t-load of documents that not only implicated her ex-husband Paul Boyer, John Novak, the local district attorney but almost every judge and politician, as well as the police commissioner, in LA county in being in the pocket to the Mafia! This, the secret documents, had already cost Hallie's father's, an ex L.A cop, life and will soon cost the life of his good friend and fellow L.A retired policeman Charlie Long (Scott Hylands), who gave Hallie the document, as well.

It's at "Chance's Pace" and the nearby "Last Chane's Café" that both Hallie and Kiley find a new lease on life in being away from all the troubles that they left behind in L.A. That's until a desperate Paul tracks them down and things start to get really out of hand. In that Paul needs to get his hands on the secret documents that Hallie has or else not only his future as a big city district attorney but his very life is kaput!

Not that convincing of and ending with Chance coming to both Hallie, who had since fell in love with him, and Kiley's rescue despite getting shot an left for dead by Paul! It seemed that the frantic Paul was using blanks, in that Chance was totally unhurt after the shooting, instead live bullets during the shoot-out.

Despite both Chance & Hallie getting hitched, with Hallie's Mafia pursuers no longer in the picture, at the end of the film the most heartwarming event to take place was the "Last Chance Café's" owner and short and long order cook Madge Beardsley,Samantha Farris, finally finding the man of her dreams! Selling the place to Hallie, who turns out to be a master chief, Madge takes off with the handsome and rugged trucker Garvin Cross who's been a regular customer at her café for the least three years! Madge was so busy looking for the right man in her life on the internet match-making sites that she didn't see him when he was right in front of her ordering Madge's delicious home-made apple pie and meatloaf!

Found this to be an average movie for cable. It does get a little long waiting for action. Kate is fine in this role after getting killed off from Battlestar. She was very good in Battlestar and adds that talent here. Kevin Sorbo should stick to action adventure, here he was a little stiff in the role. Still all in all a watchable pair. The writing in this movie is a little stale, in that we have seen much of this story line before. Big city girl on the run from bad husband aka Julia Roberts, this time the husband is in trouble with the mob, but we really never find out what the connection is about as the documents that Kate's father left behind the picture never really play into why the Mob wants her so bad or why her husband feels he must go after her. The whole final shoot out is not very tight. But in the end I watched and enjoyed Kate but not much else. Rating a 5 due to Kate's performance but she could only carry this movie so far.

There was an effective contrast between life in the big city, where seemingly the entire power elite is corrupt, and the small-town country environment where the living is easy and the people angelic. While the town is Primrose Creek, it might as well be called the Garden of Eden.

The most well-developed relationship is that of the city slicker Hallie Boyer and her cowboy Chance Coulter. There was nice chemistry between the two characters, as the sparks began to fly in the town's main restaurant, the Last Chance Café, then escalated in the beautiful cabin wherein Chance's grandfather toiled log by log to build such a beautiful retreat.

The main reason for Hallie fleeing Los Angeles was due to the death of her stepfather, murdered by the conspiracy of kleptocrats with Hallie in possession of the incriminating evidence. It was never clear how this powerful group was eventually brought down.

But the film was successful in casting a radiant light on the idyllic community of Primose Creek. The Last Chance Café will now be graced by the fine cuisine of a San Francisco-trained chef and an idyllic life on the farm with Hallie and her cowboy.

Spoilers - Now that the organized crime folks know where the ranch and restaurant are, the buildings there would vaporize into a small mushroom cloud one day.

Good grief. I think the author should watch seasons 1-5 of Burn Notice and then have to write a 5000 word essay on where all of the plot holes are.

What really amazes.me is that the script with this many holes got greenlit.

Let me help the author find the plot holes. This is just the beginning.

Shouldn't the small town cop make copies of the evidence. Should not a woman who has been around Law enforcement instantly know that she should made a bee line to the feds or at least made a phone call and then hello witness protection. You would think step-dad would have said that On page one of the evidence. Maybe Chuck Finlay has a friend.

Should not hallie the mom learn how to shoot and carry the gun. After all she has protect.the kid. Didn't she see the movie ?

Should not the mom have said no computer at all.

Should not hallie have explained up front to sorbo's character, that oh by the way, any minute now hit men from the cartel might show up. I would think that would be fair.

And wasn't it convenient that the car broke down just in the right spot. So the plot needed it.... And why is it that the good guys only keep one copy of the evidence.. She should have gone to the sheriffs office and digitized the entire file and emailed (or faxed) it to the feds. For that matter she could have asked the kid to do

This movie was a missed opportunity!