
John Smith is an amoral gunslinger in the days of Prohibition. On the lam from his latest (unspecified) exploits, he happens upon the town of Jericho, Texas. Actually, calling Jericho a town would be too generous--it has become more like a ghost town, since two warring gangs have 'driven off all the decent folk.' Smith sees this as an opportunity to play both sides off against each other, earning himself a nice piece of change as a hired gun. Despite his strictly avowed merce... (Full plot summary below)
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John Smith is an amoral gunslinger in the days of Prohibition. On the lam from his latest (unspecified) exploits, he happens upon the town of Jericho, Texas. Actually, calling Jericho a town would be too generous--it has become more like a ghost town, since two warring gangs have 'driven off all the decent folk.' Smith sees this as an opportunity to play both sides off against each other, earning himself a nice piece of change as a hired gun. Despite his strictly avowed mercenary intentions, he finds himself risking his life for his, albeit skewed, sense of honor....
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| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealWry, cold and confident, Willis squints and blasts his way through the film, a blazing pistol in each hand. |
| Austin ChronicleJoey O'BryanFrom Lloyd Ahern's breathtaking, earth-toned cinematography to Freeman Davies' uncommonly graceful editing, Last Man Standing is a real class act, an old-fashioned thriller propelled by wildly violent, decidedly modern action sequences. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumWriter-director Walter Hill, known earlier in his career for his American versions of French thrillers by Jean-Pierre Melville (indebted in turn to Hollywood noir), specializes in tweaking much-used material. |
| Baltimore SunStephen HunterThe film's real strength is the way it sounds, with Ry Cooder's jangling score competing with thunderous gunplay for the shell-like's appreciative attention. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAs a shallow tale of conscienceless bloodshed and revenge, Last Man Standing is reasonably effective. But as an updated version of the far better-realized Yojimbo, it's an unqualified failure. Last Man Standing is a surface picture -- it looks good, sounds good, and moves quickly -- but there's no depth whatsoever. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergWillis does good work in this dusty Western Yojimbo. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. Puccio...makes no excuses about what it is: an old-fashioned shoot-'em-up with an invincible hero. |
| Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)Kevin FiddlerOne of the collest gunslinger movies of the new generation. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinIn Last Man Standing, we don’t much care; Hill is too busy crafting a classic to pull us in. Apart from those high-impact action scenes, he leeches the movie of immediacy. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarIn this banal era of smart-aleck parodies and homages, Last Man Standing amounts to stylistic overkill. |