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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