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Saturday, January 26, 2013

The Last Stand – Arnold Standing Tall !!!



Star Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny, Forest Whitaker, Rodrigo Santoro, Luis Guzman, Jaimie Alexander, Edurado Noriega.
Director: Kim Ji-Woon
Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura
Duration: 107 Minutes
The plot of The Last Stand revolves around Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger) former LAPD and now a Sheriff in a small town of Sommerton Junction, which is one of the borders states to Mexico. 
Ray Owens and his team, Deputy Mike Figuerola (Luis Guzman), Lewis Dinkum (Johnny), Deputy Jerry Bailey (Zach) and Deputy Sarah Torrance (Jaimie Alexander) gets into action when they come to know that a bunch of people are trying to build a bridge connecting the Sommerton Junction & Mexico.
Cut to plot shifts to Las Vegas where in the FBI are shifting the international drug lord Gabriel Cortez (Edurado Noriega) who sleekly escapes and speeds off in a modified Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1, taking Agent Ellen Richards (Génesis Rodríguez) as his hostage.
FBI under the Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker), does several attempts to bring down Gabriel Cortez which goes in vain. Story unfolds when FBI & Ray Owens discovers that bridge connecting the Sommerton Junction & Mexico is nothing but the escape route for Gabriel Cortez.
It all comes down to Ray Owens and his team who have to prevent this happening. Can they do it is something which one has to see it in the theater.
Coming to the merits of the movie I cannot say it is one of the greatest movies made but definitely it is not bad either. It is that kind of movie where in you feel content leaving the theater. You get to see Arnold in a much more sublime way which is contrary to his previous flicks. But Kim Ji-Woon made sure that Arnold Fans get what they expect i.e some hardcore rugged action and his best one liners.
The last sequence on cars, the fight over the bridge and dialogues like 1. “I have seen enough blood in my life” 2. “My honor is not for sale” and his trade mark one 3. “The sheriff is back” just stands out.
Lastly, I would to like say that The Last Stand is something which you can stand on and would not regret it.
Rating: 3/5                                                                             

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