
Sheriff Owens is a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and ... (Full plot summary below)
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Sheriff Owens is a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for the face off.
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| Slant MagazineCalum MarshOne of its most refreshing aspects is its acceptance of both western and action-film conventions on their own terms, refusing to regard itself as operating outside of or superior to the genre. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's a crackerjack B movie worthy of comparison to such stylishly low-down, smart-meets-dumb, hyper-violent entertainments as the 1997 Kurt Russell thriller "Breakdown," Clint Eastwood's infamous police bloodbath "The Gauntlet," John Carpenter's original "Assault on Precinct 13," and Arnold's own overlooked 1986 outing "Raw Deal." |
| Associated PressChristy LemireKim keeps things moving briskly and the members of the strong supporting cast don't seem to mind that they're playing flimsy types. Everyone's just here for a mindless good time. |
| Film School RejectsChristopher CampbellLacks an identity of its own outside of being the movie Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a feature-length comeback in. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekTo mangle the old cliche, politics' loss is not cinema's gain. |
| FilmDrunkVincent ManciniReminds me of Metallica in Some Kind of Monster, where they'd just kind of all play loud at the same time and occasionally stumble upon an okay-sounding bit that they'd then record. The Last Stand is kind of like the St. Anger of Arnold movies. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenAside from the elaborate setup and the complicated escape plan, this is basically just 'High Noon' with a big shootout between the good guys and the bad guys on the main street of a small border town. |
| Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)Greg MakiIt's too bad "The Expendables" stole its thunder because "The Last Stand" is a good enough shoot-'em-up to have been a minor event. It's a modern Western with lots of action ... and no aspirations to anything higher ... |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerEntertaining, pleasingly old-school Arnie action thriller, enlivened by stylish direction, strong performances and some nice ideas. |
| MediaMikesMichael A. Smith"The Last Stand" could be an old episode of "Gunsmoke," with its theme of the law versus the bad guys. |