While most of the movie loving world was waiting with bated breath for the return of the king of '80s action - that'd be Arnold Schwarzenegger - in The Last Stand, there were a few of us diehards eagerly awaiting the new Kim Ji-woon movie. Unfortunately, they ended up being the same project and neither one lived up to its potential. The Last Stand is disappointingly pedestrian in its new-fangled approach to action. There was nothing in the film that I couldn't have found in any given Jason Statham film, except, of course, for the big guy leading the charge. For me, Schwarzenegger was just not enough to make this film - seemingly hobbled by studio expectations - exciting or entertaining.I don't share the enthusiasm...
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