Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Monday, February 15, 2016

The Last Stand (2013)

Genre: Action
Directed by: Kim Jee-woon
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville
Running time: 107 minutes



Ray Owens is a former LAPD officer who has left the high-pressured life and is now living as a sheriff in a small Arizona town, where nothing much even happens. When an international drug lord being transported by the FBI escapes and starts driving his racecar towards his small town, to cross over to Mexico, Owens has to spring back into action to help the authorities catch the bad guy, with the help of his team.

The Last Stand was your typical Arnold vehicle for violence and mayhem, though the material they gave him that time was not as fresh as it used to be when he was a big star in Hollywood. The action scenes themselves were mostly fine for what they were, but I must admit the attempts at humor were very unfunny. The gunshot-and-one-liner combo can be good, but the one-liner has to be witty. None of that here.

The acting here was hugely uninspired. From the Governator, that is no surprise. But, when it comes to a veteran like Forest Whitaker, I expected so much more.

Overall, The Last Stand can be skipped without missing much. A few good moments, but it is mostly filled with clichés and bad acting. Seeing a sheriff and a drug lord having what looks like an MMA fight on a makeshift bridge between Mexico and the US made me laugh for all the wrong reasons.


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