The last stand review: Arnold's debut
Like you all probably know Arnold
Schwarzenegger didn't headline a movie ever since he was elected as the
Governor of California a decade ago. Sure he appeared briefly in Stallone's The expendables 1 and 2 but he had a small and not very important part. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns In the
last stand as the main star and you know what, nothing has changed in the last
10 years for Arnold.
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The plot of the Last Stand was
slightly detached from reality. You have a third generation drug cartel who is
a professional car race driver that escapes FBI custody and decides to drive to
Mexico. Apparently his sports car is faster than the chopper?!?! So flying is
not the best possibility. During all this mess the drug cartel / pro driver
friends build a bridge for him to cross straight to Mexico. I don’t know about
you guys but this sound a bit weak to me. Actually this is one of the weakest
plot angles I seen in a while. To top that, the only thing that stands in his
way is Ray (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and 3 of his misfit deputies.
if we focus on Arnold's performance, well
his acting skills haven't improved during his time in politics. Arnold looked
very tired and slow at times .I’m not even talking about the action scenes. I
know Arnold Schwarzenegger is pushing 70 but if you are going to keep on
making action movies I’m not going to go easy on you.
Johnny Knoxville was crazy fun as usual. And
the rest of The last stand movie cast were generically boring. With all that
said this The last stand movie was not that bad, sure there were bunch of stuff that
bothered me but overall it was a cool movie that I enjoyed watching. The reason
I enjoyed this wreck train of a movie is because I knew what i am getting in
return. With all the bad stuff I said about Arnold's performance in The Last
Stand it was slightly worse than his performances a decade ago. On the other hand you probably remember
that Arnold was never a great actor but we all loved him and most of his movies. Because Arnold knew his strong sides and he emphasized them, mean while hiding
his weaknesses (acting).
Now when I think about it this is the first time we see Arnold in this type of modern day western flick. It
wasn't one of the films we will remembered in Arnold
Schwarzenegger's portfolio but it wasn't terribly bad. The most important thing that i can take from
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