The Last Stand (2013) - Guess It Should Be.

★★☆☆☆

This film’s more about the crime lord Gabriel Cortez than the sheriff played by Arnold Schwarzenegger who roughly takes up 3/1 part of the film only. The rest is how Mr. Cortez escapes from the chase of the FBI in a madly fast Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1. Right, it’s got a ‘Fast & Furious’ feel, and is well paced up, but still there’s something that doesn’t seem to make any sense: why there’s no one to pick up Cortez at the borders as he’s got big guys, literally an army to help clear the barricades set up by the FBI on his way to Mexico? And some of the actions are choreographed only to make Arnie look cool and tough again but honestly, they’re very stupid and insane. What can I say? A bunch of schmucks doing schmuck stuff!

I miss Arnie in ‘Commando’, ‘Predator’, ‘The Terminator’, ‘Terminator2: Judgment Day’ and all the other goodies that made him a super action hero back then, but just like he says in the film, he’s old. What do you expect from a guy who hasn’t done any action stuff in the last 10 years since he was busy governing California? His great muscles have now become his great burden. How pathetic to see him gasp more than often in the film. I realized, there’s indeed no such a thing as invincible in the world except for one thing—aging! Arnie really should make ‘The Last Stand’ his last for his own sake.

In case you don’t know, this film’s directed by Korean Kim Ji-Woon, whose ‘I Saw The Devil’ is quite a good shot though. Go check it out for yourself.