Ah, Ahnuld, how the mighty have fallen in the past couple years. Yet while I objectively consider his personal convictions reprehensible, he still knows how to sell me a good action picture. Call me a sucker, but even Snooki has her fervent admirers; I simply pick and choose what is entertaining to me, regardless of what a person's lifestyle dictates. Enter The Last Stand, Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest action picture that's a goofy send-up of what I inferred was high-concept, Die Hard rip-offs that permeated the early 90s. It's nothing groundbreaking, but will fit the bill for those going in who know what to expect.
Ray Owens is a beat-down sheriff of a small, Texas town. When a Mexican drug cartel invades with a cutting-edge, high speed sports car, capable of transcending the border at an incredible rate, Owens needs to band together a ramshackle group of deputies when the FBI leaves them hanging dry in order to take them down.
This is your typical burger-and-fries action picture; I could have honestly waited for this on Blu-Ray with a hackneyed plot that didn't bring anything new to the table; avenging fallen comrades, retribution for past wrongs, and greedy turncoat double-agents, Arnold barely even gives any memorable one-liners. Much of the first half of the movie is pretty meh, but things pick up in spades when the big action spectacle begins. The action delivers in the most over-the-top fashion - bodies are blown apart, a peeved old lady ices a thug with a Colt .45, and there's a lot of the usual, "Jackass" physical humor from Johnny Knoxville. I had a lot of fun watching it for what it was as a casual action fan, everyone else may just want to stick with renting.
6/10
Peace,
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