The Last Stand (2013) [Movie Review]

Okay, now let's be honest; the only reason anyone wanted to watch this was because we get to see The Governator back in action. The mix of Schwarzenegger's cheesy lines and Knoxville's crazy ways really make this film enjoyable.

So what's this film about? A highly dangerous drug lord by the name of Gabriel Cortez is being transported with super high security to visit death row. Cortez is compared to Pablo Escobar in terms of danger, so they wanted to make sure nothing happened along the way. But it wouldn't be a very fun movie if he made it to his execution without having a little fun, right? This man, just like Escobar, has enough money to pay most people off. And after a thrilling escape, he takes to the road with his lady-cop hostage in his fancy new, stolen, C6 ZR1, which can reach speeds over 200 mph. The FBI tries stopping him, but he keeps showing his power by killing and destroying every roadblock in his way. Then he finds a peaceful little town Sommerton, AZ; the last town he will have to go to get to his homeland. But when Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger) finds out he has a fugitive coming through his town, and that his hired goons had already kill some of his friends, he heads to the town's Gun Museum, owned by the one and only Lewis Dinkum (Johnny Knoxville) to have some firepower against the threat.

The performances of the actors are all about you'd expect. Arnold is full of his cheesy lines, Knoxeville is his crazy self, and the rest are just kind of there, nothing special anywhere. The FBI in this film make you really wonder how they got their jobs in the first place, so many mistakes. If they would simply watch more movies, they would know how to catch the bad guy. Where the film truly shines, other than obviously the Governator's return, is it's "bad-ass" factor. Everything is over-the-top in The Last Stand, the explosions, the taking down of roadblocks, the guns, and guns attached to school buses.

Rating: 7/10

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Discussion topic: What is your price to let a fugitive get away?

Additional discussion topic for those who have seen the film: If you had been the one looking for Gabriel Cortez, how would you go about attempting to find/stop him? Would you have done anything different?