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A (INDIA)
2013
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Positive Reviews
76
Negative reviews
28
Average Rating
3.0
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4.5
I dont know about you, but thats exactly what I want from a Schwarzenegger movie.
Keith & the Movies
3.5
It scores laughs from its goofy, trigger happy characters in the breaks between Kims thrilling flourishes of visual invention.
Av Club
3.8
The Last Stand marks the American debut of the Korean director Jee woon Kim, who delivers a half dozen quality kills that will leave audiences squirmi ..
Rogerebert
3.0
Despite a few laughable moments, The Last Stand is an amusing albeit violent vehicle for Schwarzenegger, who has yet to say hasta la vista to the genr ..
Common Sense Media
3.0
Somehow looking at once blankly inexpressive and doggedly determined, a 65 year old Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a creaky but reasonably commercial com ..
Variety
4.0
Jee Woons action is top notch filmmaking that American filmmakers need to study and learn from.
We Got This Covered
4.0
The Last Stand is a rare breed of comeback picture, a decent enough action movie, but one propped up by a subversive reverence for its star, making it ..
We Got This Covered
4.4
Its also, much more remarkably, the best Hollywood action film in recent memoryand almost certainly the best Schwarzenegger outing since Terminator 2.
3.0
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back and in decent if slower form in The Last Stand, a mostly conventional action romp that only briefly shows off the over t ..
Screen Daily
2.5
It seems most likely that this formulaic concoction will connect with a decent number of longtime fans curious to see if their man can still deliver t ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
After serving as governor of California and being the key figure in a major scandal, Arnold Schwarzenegger shows a mature return to his peak action fo ..
3.0
That thing is one badass beauty and its scenes should certainly satisfy fans of films like The Fast and the Furious.
IGN
3.0
Happily, The Last Stand is a zippier, zestier film than both Terminator 3 and its own hackneyed premise suggests.
Telegraph
3.0
Casting the former governor of California as a small town sheriff squaring off against a drug lord, The Last Stand puts Arnold Schwarzenegger back in ..
3.0
Its corny, lowbrow fun High Noon rebooted in Hasta La VistaVision.
2.0
The script is a mess, built on lazy clichs, stilted jokes and easy payoffs. What the movie does have, though, is enthusiasm.
Ny Daily News
3.5
Ultimately, The Last Stand is a fun throwback to the days of formulaic but immensely entertaining Schwarzenegger led films.
Screen Rant
3.8
And thats precisely when the subtext starts to resonate.Arnie come to America, the Dream pursued, is obviously the classic immigrants tale.
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Almost certainly, The Last Stand will not be Schwarzeneggers last.
Philly
4.0
Still sporting (at age 65) the kind of Charles Atlas brawn not much seen at the movies in the no carb era, and still able to deliver a catchphrase wit ..
Village Voice
1.9
All for a formulaic genre movie designed to reintroduce Arnold to a new generation of action audiences.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
In many ways, The Last Stand feels a little like vintage middle of the road Schwarzenegger.
ReelViews
3.8
Its brutal, yes, but also playfulan old fashioned Western setup (Burrell even brandishes an old time revolver) with bursts of macabre humor.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
And although the final fight between Schwarzenegger and Noriegas respective characters is rather exhilarating , The Last Stand is, primarily, an overl ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.8
It involves a hit squad, aerial transit lines, a large snowplow like vehicle to smash through roadblocks and a team of military style bridge builders.
Lariat
2.3
The film is never boring, and gets some good grades for its action content.
News Review
2.5
That sentiment will likely be shared by those who will quickly grow tired of the films logistical issues.The plot is simple enough.
Screen It
1.5
No one was expecting former California governor Arnold Schwarzeneggers return to the big screen to be a collaboration with Whit Stillman or Lars Von T ..
The Wrap
4.0
While not perhaps on the level of Arnies previous hits, The Last Stand is nonetheless an entertaining action flick that proves the Governator still ha ..
View London
2.5
If this is a test drive for a comeback, it barely crosses the finish line.
News Day
2.5
Many of the locals are away at a football game, and what could possibly happen in a sleepy enclave of stock characters like Sommerton
New York Post
3.5
You dont have to wait till the end to answer yes, though the concluding mano a mano is pure, vintage Arnold: bravado with jokes.
Film Journal International ..
2.5
By the end, even Schwarzenegger looks worn out.Maybe being governor wasnt such a hard job after all.
Npr
3.8
Much of the bloodletting is staged for crowd pleasing burlesque humor.
Star Tribune
1.5
But the action is pretty unforgivably dumb and mindless, too, and with nary a hint of wit or humor about it.
2.5
The Last Stand Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rodrigo Santoro in The Last Stand.
Toronto Star
2.8
The tales generic title aside, The Last Stand has two things in its favor.
Emanuellevy
3.0
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in an entertainingly unpretentious, old school action movie with an even more old fashioned High Noon feel.
Guardian
3.0
But it probably has just enough dumb fun and pointless violence and car chases to seem like a highly viable option for large numbers of people this we ..
Salon
3.0
A throwback to his own violent back catalogue as well as the classic Western style of High Noon and Rio Bravo, The Last Stand is a genuine guilty plea ..
Flim List
4.0
It is around this time that Schwarzenegger delivers the memorable line You make us immigrants look bad.
3.0
The good news for this B movie love letter to extreme gunfire is that its star, even if hes behaving as a kind of a figurehead delivering stock quips, ..
Movies
2.0
Die Hard in an Arizona border town, The Last Stand not only gives us former Calee fornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a variation of Bruce Willis ico ..
Boston Herald
1.5
Disappointing supplements notwithstanding, Lionsgates BD release of the under seen The Last Stand does well by a film thats proud to be small.
Slant Magazine
2.0
The good cast wasted include Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzman and Harry Dean Stanton.
Express
3.0
The movie is far from Kim Jee woons best work, but its a mostly enjoyable U.S. debut that will hopefully inspire audiences to track down some of his p ..
Bullz-Eye
3.0
The results are surprisingly good fun, popcorn friendly, and awfully redolent of Rio Bravo.
The Irish Times
2.8
As a comeback vehicle, its got just enough gumption to make it across the finish line but it certainly doesnt come roaring out of the gate.
Blogs Indie Wire
3.8
Screenwriters Andrew Knauer and Jeffrey Nachmanoff dont try to mimic the 80s movie formula completely so the script isnt full of bad puns and the acti ..
Lyles Movie Files
3.0
The films a goner but hopefully the four talented actors at its centre will make it out alive.
Standard
3.5
Despite some graphic violence and even though it is really silly, this is an entertaining action film showing that Arnold Schwartzenegger has not lost ..
Tony Medley
2.2
Heres one more mediocre movie ejected into the realm of January multiplex hell.
Coles Mithey
2.5
Jee Woon is a fantastically talented director; I Saw The Devil managed the difficult juggling act of combing drama, action and horror into a satisfyin ..
3.8
Arnold is, as he promised, back, and it turns out that is good news indeed.
Hit Fix
3.0
If you park your brain outside, and double park any misgivings about vicarious gun mayhem right alongside, its passable fun.
Cnn
3.5
Hollywood makes a lot of noise about gun violence.And then they go out and make something like The Last Stand, the kind of bloody, bullet riddled movi ..
Nj
2.5
Arnold Schwarzenegger continues his big screen comeback with The Last Stand, a zealously violent and gleefully preposterous explosion of dramatic clic ..
Movie Habit
3.1
Schwarzeneggers legacy deserves better than this, and so do his fans.
Movies Tv Guide
3.0
THE LAST STAND is, in many ways, a perfectly serviceable Schwarzenegger action film.
Maki At The Movies
1.5
Its nothing exceptional and its certainly not new, but at least theres some fun to be had.
2.0
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Cine Vue
4.0
No line of dialogue better sums the film up than that; as soon as theres a risk of flatlining, Kim is quick to re energize proceedings.Forget the disa ..
Digital Spy
3.1
Few action movie moments are as underwhelming as a weak one liner, and Im the sheriff and Welcome to Sommerton are the equivalent of a shrug.
Red Eye Chicago
1.9
The Last Stand is such a false start, it could terminate Schwarzeneggers comeback before it begins.
Stl Today
2.5
The South Korean director Kim Jee woon fails to dazzle with the endless speeding car sequences, but that 60 second flourish during a lengthy firefight ..
Ny Times
1.9
The Last Stand is the English language directorial debut of talented Korean filmmaker Jee woon Kim (2011s When Cortez and his goons get there, the mov ..
Dustin Put Man
2.5
The film is far too jumbled to hold together, but its sardonic sense of humour makes it a decent guilty pleasure.
Contact Music
4.0
If you buy a ticket to The Last Stand hoping age has made Schwarzenegger as gifted an actor as Christoph Waltz, perhaps I could sell you some oceanfro ..
Ar Kansas Online
3.0
For a certain demographic looking to lose itself in a couple of hours of diverting (but not completely mindless) action, you could do worse.
Hollywood And Fine
4.0
Throw in a concept Corvette as fast as the Road Runner, and The Last Stand becomes a sturdily enjoyable live action Looney Tunes episode.And dont thin ..
The Filmy Ap
4.5
If youve loved the best of Schwarzenegger, then theres a good chance youll find enough to appreciate from The Last Stand to make it worth your while.
3.5
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Movie Web
1.0
Its a film of mythic incompetence, the most uproariously ill conceived studio picture since Nicolas Cages Wicker Man remake.
Cinemix Tape
2.0
Its goofy humour, but in a movie that could have easily been too po faced, it serves as welcome comic relief.
The Shiz Nit
3.0
However, the film drawing attention to the actors accelerated age and cracking wise about it softens the blow; its simply a joy to see Schwarzeneggers ..
What Culture
1.9
Basically a spaghetti Western outfitted with assault rifles and rocket launchers, Last Stand should satisfy the Schwarzenegger faithful.
Bitly
4.0
Its preposterous and brutal but shamelessly mirthful, stylish and audacious.
Metro
3.0
Indeed it was once said that nobody gives Schwarzenegger a raw deal; nobody it seems, but the great man himself.
The Ooh Tray
3.5
Stallone and Willis can toss one liners with the best of them, its true but nobody ever matched Arnold, whose Austrian otherness coats him in earnestn ..
Movie Mezzanine
4.5
This is a fun bit of winter fluff, with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
Bowling Green Daily News
3.0
Its a fun, dumb, enjoyable, dumb, mostly well performed, super dumb film.
Streaming Quickflix
3.0
Much of The Last Stand is a wheezy setup for an enjoyably preposterous showdown in a sleepy Arizona border town called Sommerton Junction.
Wsj
3.5
a return to old school, gritty action form for Schwarzenegger, having more in common with Commando, Red Heat and Raw Deal than with much of his filmog ..
Fat Guys At The Movies
3.5
Like an old Fred Astaire musical, Top Hat or Swing Time, where the dialogue scenes are feeble but the singing and dancing sublime, The Last Stand infu ..
Entertainment Time
4.0
A fast car always equals car chases and director Kim does not disappoint.In fact, all of the extreme action scenes staged by Kim are quite impressive.
Media Mikes
2.5
The Last Stand is a b movie action thriller that would ordinarily find itself relegated to the VOD market.
Daily Film Fix
4.5
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3.8
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Qc Times
1.0
Where all of this leads is so much less interesting than it should be.Ive rarely been this confused by a thriller.
Grant Land
2.5
Ive heard good things about Weird, so now Im curious if Kim has occasional talent, because I dont think it shows in The Last Stand.Im fine with Schwar ..
The Scorecard Review
2.5
For an A list star like Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Last Stand is strictly B grade filmmaking.
Toledo Blade
5.0
Sticking a cinema icon like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the midst of such nonsense deserves the Korean equivalent of an Oscar.
Honey Cutts Hollywood
2.0
The Fast And The Furious meets Rio Bravo as Schwarzeneggers Western esque return to the big screen goes down in a hail of bullets, fast cars and Arnie ..
Sky
4.5
Serves as both an entertaining action film and a sort of exploration of tried and true values still operating in a modern world.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
3.5
Its a refreshing change of pace from the modern action packed, smash cut thriller.
Free Beacon
4.5
Director Jee woon Kim (of 2010s I Saw The Devil fame) knows what kind of material hes working with.
Mac Guff
2.5
Its exactly what you expect it to be.Johnny Knoxville is in it, for heavens sake; how can you take it seriously
Miami
3.0
Johnny Knoxville is well cast and doesnt make the film too goofyeveryone else involved knows who owns this one.
Schmoes Know
2.5
The Last Stand is a respectable American debut for Kim Je Woon but I hope he doesnt get sucked into the Hollywood mill. Hes far too good a filmmaker t ..
Kpbs
3.8
A throwback action movie that invokes 1980s nostalgia in all the right ways.
MLive.com
4.0
It comes in between stunningly brutal shootings.These bursts of explicit violence never let the audience settle into a comfort zone.
Esquire
3.0
But mostly the movie is meant as a vehicle to welcome 65 year old Arnold Schwarzenegger back to action movie audiences.
The Diva Review
3.4
No, Arnold still cant act all that well, and may have in fact lost a step since his heyday, but the man is given the lines he needs and spits them out ..
Flixist
3.0
The Last Stands action scenes range from shoot outs to crazy car stunts to a daring escape in Las Vegas to a great fist fight, and every sequence is f ..
Bad Ass Digest
3.5
Aside from blowing stuff up real good, the best thing the movie does is have Schwarzenegger act his age.
Stardem
2.5
The Last Stand is loud, idiotic, violent trashand bloody great fun!
Alternative Lens
1.0
Though, once the guns are unsheathed deep into finale of the film there is a little glimmer of the once great action star with a few well timed one li ..
The Popcorn Junkie
1.5
An outsiders view of western action hero tropes would have been a welcome antidote to standard American product, but Kims Hollywood debut is perhaps t ..
D Cist
3.0
For The Last Stand, the equivalent is probably featuring Johnny Knoxville in the films poster.
Blogs Houston Press
3.0
Still, one cant expect too much from a picture that has to invite Johnny Knoxville to its wrap party (except maybe a Jackass style stunt); but it rema ..
Digital Journal
1.5
Far more troubling, is the mind numbingly violent bigotfest The Last Stand.
3.5
While unlikely to figure in the mind of Oscar voters, The Last Stand nevertheless achieves its two fold aim to reignite the legend of the most unlikel ..
Screen Space(Squarespace)
2.0
Fast cars, cheeky one liners and very, very big guns showcase this mild, pointless modern western.
Fox News
4.5
There are echoes here of Howard Hawks classic 1959 Western Rio Bravo, in which John Wayne played a similarly beleaguered sheriff trying to prevent a j ..
Movie Talk
3.8
Schwarzenegger is older, and creakier, than we remember, but thats part of The Last Stands folksy charm.
Big Hollywood
2.0
Its paced like an Asian crime drama rather than an American action movie.
Topless Robot
1.5
Its a good movie for when you just want to turn your brain off and watch some stuff explode.
Ladue News
3.0
...its refreshing to watch a film that wants to be nothing more than a blood soaked accompaniment to beer and pizza.
The Crat
1.0
I wish someone would give this man a decent role.Alexander Payne gave Matthew Lillard a real career in films when he cast him in THE DESCENDANTS.
Las Vegas Informer
2.0
But in a cinematic sense age has taken the bodybuilder cum actor cum politician cum actor precisely nowhere.
Blogs Crikey
2.2
But fine, I like dumb things.Pass me the tack hammer and hit me with your finest catchphrase.
Filmdrunk Uproxx
1.5
Overall, Schwarzenegger delivers a couple of chuckle worthy one liners.
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