The Last Stand

59% of critics liked it

60% of users liked it

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Stormare
In theaters Jan 18, 2013
R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Movie Info

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Stormare, Forest Whitaker, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzman, Johnny Knoxville, Eduardo Noriega, Rodrigo Santoro, Zach Gilford, Genesis Rodriguez
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Rated: R
Running Time: 1 hr. 47 min.
Genre: Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
Theater Release: Jan 18, 2013
DVD Release: May 21, 2013
Synopsis: After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy. (c)

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Charity, CNN.com
    The movie's tongue in cheek humor will buy off most of the target audience. And Arnie? He's indestructible. More...
  • Anthony Lane, New Yorker
    Schwarzenegger can still hold the screen, but these days he grinds through his one-liners like a truck driver taking a steep hill ... More...
  • Tom Huddleston, Time Out
    The result is diverting enough for a low-expectations Friday night, but the ingredients were in place for something more. More...
  • Tom Russo, Boston Globe
    Not the most iconic choice for Schwarzenegger to announce that he's back, but not one that's completely prefab, either. More...
  • Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
    Director Jee-woon Kim (I Saw the Devil) handles the action sequences effectively if not spectacularly, though The Last Stand could have dispensed with the occasional attempts at sobriety and cut straight to the chase (or chases). More...
  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
    The script is a mess, built on lazy clichés, stilted jokes and easy payoffs. What the movie does have, though, is enthusiasm. More...
  • Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
    Slapdash in its character portraits, the movie is slambang in its action scenes; it springs to life whenever it promises death. More...
  • Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
    To call "The Last Stand" gratuitously violent is to pay the movie a compliment. It's sort of the whole point. More...
  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
    Dig just a shade beneath the surface, trade in the text for the subtext, and a more interesting picture emerges - a little richer, sadder, almost poignant. More...
  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
    [Kim] can't disguise the fact that Schwarzenegger, playing this seen-enough sheriff, doesn't so much look world-weary as simply tired. More...