Patrick Swayze's final movie appearance didn't get much of a reception when it was officially released, unfortunately. The 2008 drama "Powder Blue," written and directed by Timothy Linh Bui only saw a limited theatrical release (via The Numbers) before hitting DVD stores soon after.
Despite a stacked cast, including Jessica Biel, a young Eddie Redmayne, Ray Liotta, Lisa Kudrow, and Swayze as sleazy crime head Velvet Larry, "Powder Blue" received negative reviews, which may explain the lack of interest from distributors. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 25% "Rotten" rating from critics. The Audience Score isn't much better, standing at 40%. Variety wrote that "Bui's trumpeting of the power of love in the city of lonely hearts manages to be both ear-splittingly loud and tone-deaf at the same time" while eCritic said the film was "a desperate copy job of Paul Thomas Anderson's brilliant 'Magnolia.'"
At least Swayze's final television project, the A&E cop show "The Beast," received acclaim, with The Star-Ledger calling his lead performance as Charles Barker "the best performance of his career."
