The Last Stand (重擊防線) is an 2013 film. The movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro, Luis Guzmán, Eduardo Noriega, and Jaimie Alexander round the supporting cast members. This is also the debut of Kim Ji-woon in Hollywood. Kim Ji-woon is known for directing Korean classic such as "I Saw the Devil", "The Good, the Bad, the Weird", and "A Bittersweet Life", all of which I've seen and reviewed.
In a sleepy town that is very close the border between the USA and Mexico, lives Arnold as Sheriff Ray Owens. Owens is a former narcotics cop from the LAPD whom longs for the peaceful life in Sommerton Junction, Arizona. A mexican drug cartel leader, Gabriel Cortez, is sprung from a FBI envoy and headed for the border. Sommerton has a narrow valley where a military style bridge can be erected. Cortez has a mercenary group sent to Sommerton to set things up. Owens gets wind of this and starts to take down the hire goons. All heck breaks loose as Cortez races to Sommerton and Owens tries to stop them.
This movie was interesting in that it was the return of Arnold to marquee. Arnold's films have been pretty hit and miss since his 1980s heyday. This turn out to be a miss at the box office. How did it fare in my blu-ray player? Pretty good. I enjoyed the movie partly because I though it would suck. But Kim as director was too intriguing to pass up.
Be prepare for a lot of mindless action. Don't think too much, just enjoy the madness of action!
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