Reviews for this film from our members:
- Beth Accomando @ KPBS Cinema Junkie
- Excerpt: The Last Stand is a respectable American debut for Kim Je-Woon but I hope he doesn’t get sucked into the Hollywood mill. He’s far too good a filmmaker to make strictly formula films.
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: Frivolously entertaining for 107 completely forgettable minutes.
- Daniel Carlson @ Pajiba
- Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: It is a return to old-school, gritty action form for Schwarzenegger, having more in common with “Commando,” “Red Heat” and “Raw Deal” than with much of his filmography.
- [New – 9/26] | Carlos del Río @ El rincón de Carlos del Río [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Esta película es más digna de Steven Seagal o Jean Claude Van Damme, que hace lustros que están acabados y nunca fueron superestrellas, que de Schwarzenegger.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: The Schwarzenegger character in The Last Stand seems more physically vulnerable and is more emotionally exposed.
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Arnold’s back in a shoot’em’-up that celebrates America’s second Constitutional Ammendment’s right to bear arms.
- Vadym Grygoriev @ kinoblog.com [Ukrainian]
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: This Governor Schwarzenegger guy shoulda stuck his day job…
- Oktay Ege Kozak @ Oregon Herald
- Excerpt: The Last Stand is a dumbed-down, ass-kicking version of High Noon, and that’s a good thing.
- Glenn Lovell @ CinemaDope.com
- Simon Miraudo @ Quickflix
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: All I can stands…
- Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Mark Pfeiffer @ Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: The Last Stand isn’t particularly offensive in any way, but it never reaches the level of mindless, gleeful entertainment that even Schwarzenegger’s bad movies achieve.
- Jamie S. Rich @ DVD Talk
- Excerpt: If you’re looking forward to seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger back up on the big screen, and if the trailer made you chuckle even a little, then you know what to expect and that’s exactly what you’re going to get. It’s not the greatest action movie you’re going to see this year, not unless it’s a pretty bland twelve months for that kind of thing, but it’s going to be one of the better times you can have right now.
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: Arnold, it’s good to have you back.
- Tom Santilli @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: Expectations weren’t all that high, but The Last Stand did re-confirm for me Arnold’s ability to reclaim his title as blockbuster, action hero.
- Amir Siregar @ Flick Magazine [Indonesian]
- Frank Swietek @ One Guy’s Opinion
- Excerpt: Politics’ loss is not cinema’s gain.
- Jean-François Vandeuren @ Panorama-cinema.com [French]