The Last Stand

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The Last Stand

R,

2013,

1h 46m,

Action

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61%

165 Reviews

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53%

25,000+ Ratings

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165 Reviews

53%

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Once a narcotics officer in the LAPD, Ray Owens settles into a peaceful life as sheriff of Sommerton Junction, a quiet border town. That peace is shattered when Gabriel Cortez, a vicious crime lord, escapes from FBI custody and speeds toward Ray's town with a band of mercenaries. Federal agents prepare to capture Cortez. Ray is at first reluctant to get involved, but he soon finds he must rally his team and take matters into his own hands.

Critics Consensus

There's nothing particularly distinguished about it, but for Schwarzenegger fans The Last Stand provides perfectly undemanding entertainment.

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

Jul 26, 2013

D-

The weaponry is so ridiculously bountiful that the movie must be a defense against something. But it's just another lousy action movie. And for more than an hour, it's less than that.

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Tom Charity

CNN.com

Feb 5, 2013

The movie's tongue in cheek humor will buy off most of the target audience. And Arnie? He's indestructible.

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Anthony Lane

The New Yorker

Feb 4, 2013

Schwarzenegger can still hold the screen, but these days he grinds through his one-liners like a truck driver taking a steep hill ...

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 20, 2025

2/5

"The Last Stand" is as tired and uninteresting as its star and main character.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Sep 20, 2022

1.5/4

A movie whose only purpose is to serve as Schwarzenegger’s comeback vehicle. After this, he’ll need another comeback.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 23, 2022

3.5/5

“The Last Stand” has its share of cheesiness but intentionally so. And it’s certainly not stimulating, thought-provoking cinema, but it never pretends to be. It’s a simple, straightforward movie without an ounce of pretension and it.

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Anakin S

Aug 18, 2018

Arnold returns to his roots, with a twist. Very funny at times, highly entertaining and brutal action. Jaimie Alexander shines. Peter Stormare does what he knows best.

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Abraham S

Apr 5, 2018

Has some intense action scenes.

Luke M

Feb 5, 2018

This movie is a lot of fun for what it is, a mindless, bloody, shoot em up action movie complete with some Schwarzenegger one liners.

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Ron W

Jan 5, 2018

Arnie's return to the big screen is actually a pretty fun if expected ride, that is until the end. The film clicks along nicely with Arnie bemoaning he is too old for this in a cliche ridden script but, hey its enjoyable.. That is until the fight on the CGI bridge that just takes you out of the movie. It looks terrible and ruins an Okay movie, shame. Could they not find a bridge to shoot on?!

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Draco S

Nov 6, 2017

Throwback to the old 90s actioners which will serve Arnie fan well. Its pleasantly watchable

Draco S

Nov 3, 2017

Arnold should have retired before he made this sad excuse for a movie.

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Kim Jee-woon

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ray Owens

Forest Whitaker

Agent John Bannister

Johnny Knoxville

Lewis Dinkum

Rodrigo Santoro

Frank Martinez

Jaimie Alexander

Sarah Torrance

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Synopsis

Once a narcotics officer in the LAPD, Ray Owens settles into a peaceful life as sheriff of Sommerton Junction, a quiet border town. That peace is shattered when Gabriel Cortez, a vicious crime lord, escapes from FBI custody and speeds toward Ray's town with a band of mercenaries. Federal agents prepare to capture Cortez. Ray is at first reluctant to get involved, but he soon finds he must rally his team and take matters into his own hands.

Director: Kim Jee-woon
Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Screenwriter: Andrew Knauer, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Lionsgate Films, Di Bonaventura Pictures
Rating: R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language)
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 18, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 6, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.0M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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