Arnold
Schwarzenegger action flick “The Last Stand” ends with a car chase through a
corn field. Fitting. The whole movie is a retro-80s action flick with
Ahnuld taking on the “High Noon” Gary Cooper role: The aging sheriff facing outlaws
who have invaded his Western town. Happily, he stands not alone, but with
a pack of deputies and locals (including an NRA freak played by Johnny
Knoxville). The invader is a drug lord (Eduardo Noriega) who escapes his FBI
captors (led by Forrest Whitaker) and speeds in a demon race car toward our hero’s
Mexican border town. He shall not pass. Director Kim Jee-woon and we know Arnold
is no longer the screen powerhouse he used to be, so the supporting cast is vital
for heavy-lifting, none better than Peter Stormare (“Fargo”) as a psycho with
an accent like an BBQ-acid-chugging Swedish Chef. The finale blasts old-school over-the-top
action while tweaking cowboy cliches, hence that corn field. The politics split with our hero ripping incompetent fed overlords,
while stomping ass and shouting huzzahs for all immigrants. B
Friday, August 30, 2013
The Last Stand (2013)
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