The Last Stand (2013) - Written Review

Action heroes.  A breed of actors who can act and do all the crazy stunts in action movies.  A breed that was made famous by the crazy and often times cheesy action movies of the 80's.  A genre of actors that has been exclusively male.  Many actors came to fame through this genre.  Arguably the one of, if not the, biggest is Arnold Schwarzenegger.  It was wondered if he was going to make a return to acting after his stint as governor of California, but he did.  He had a cameo in The Expendables and The Expendables 2.  But he's back at it again, staring in the action movie, The Last Stand.

Not to be confused with the X-men movie of the same name.

First off, let me just say that if you've seen the trailer for this and you know who's staring in it and you're expecting something serious and realistic...then you're an idiot.  This movie is silly.  This movie is ridiculous.  This movie is cheese.  This movie is exactly what it set out to be and what it advertised itself to be.  This movie had it all when it comes to a cheesy action movie.  It had guns, it had action, it had guns, it had one-liners, it had guns, it had explosions, it had stunts, it had car carnage, it had guns.  And I'm not exaggerating on the guns thing.

See?  Guns.

It had a basic plot with a few holes in it.  As far as the story went, this was one of the most straight forward stories I've seen in years.  There were no surprises.  Not that I'd expect that in a movie like this.  Everything was predictable, which is what you want in an action movie like this.  So that was good.  I will say though that this movie had some pretty lame dialogue.  I mean, no imagination or cleverness was put into any of the lines.  It was, like I said, very straight forward.  No thinking was required during the watching of this film...what so freaking ever.  And it was good because of that.

And more guns.

In conclusion, this was a good action movie.  It was a good getaway from the lame-ass retail job I have.  It was good to just veg out watching.  I enjoyed it and had a good time watching it.  I wish I could've seen with my friends back East, it would've been much more enjoyable.  If you're from the 80's like me.  And you enjoy 80's action movies for the cheese that they are (most of them anyway), you'll like this movie.  Remember: no thinking is required during this film.  More then The Expendable movies though.

Film Crazy Adam recommends to those looking to enjoy a cheesy action movie with guns, explosions, and Arnold.  Everyone else go watch something more sophisticated.