This film was made in the later part of the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger after his successful run of action/science fiction films in the 1980's. The big news was that this was the first American film from the Korean director Kim-Jee Wong who has a reputation for violent action films and intense extreme dramas from Korea.
Really there's nothing new here. Arnold is a small town sheriff who along with his deputies has to take on a ruthless drug kingpin and his gang who are escaping from the FBI. It all comes down to a violent showdown in Arnold's town. The film is basically a western set in a modern environment, kind of a contemporary version of High Noon with machine guns I guess.
Arnold brings his usual characterization to the film the loner who is a lot tougher than he seems. I can't say that Arnold would ever be considered an award winning actor but like John Wayne he knows his character and always plays it very well.
The director Kim-Jee Wong does a good job staging the action scenes the small town setting is a nice change of pace from the usual urban scene. The Last Stand is an entertaining action film which knows enough not to stretch the story out unlike the latest bloated films in this genre. I'm calling you out, Indiana Jones, the Fast and Furious franchisee and the overlong Mission Impossible films.
The film was written by Andrew Knauer, the running time is 105 minutes.
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