I went into the Last Stand very excited as I'm a big fan of some of Arnold's earlier films, most notable the first two Terminator films, the first Predator film, the original Conan the Barbarian and the original Total Recall film from 1990, could this film signal that he was back or not?
Well sadly not as this film is a major disappointment for me, the main reason is that the film is not exciting, not funny nor is it a great deal of fun, instead the film is boring, dull and tedious in equal measure as you just sit there watching the scenes unfold on screen and they just come across as so lifeless that you just sit there getting more and more bored out of your brain as the film goes on.
And as for Arnold himself well he's okay but like Harrison Ford, its well and truly time he hung up his boots and sailed off into the sunset as this film like Ford's recent Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Plastic Prop sorry Crystal Skull and Cowboys and Aliens, it just tarnishes the fond memories you have of him in his prime in those 5 classics I mentioned earlier, here he has his moments for sure but all I kept thinking that he's become a tired old man trying to relive the glory days one last time and it makes me very sad to say that.
There was one thing however I did like and that was Jamie Alexander, you might remember her as one of the warriors three in Thor and she was actually pretty good here, more than holding her own against Arnold and becomes the one bright spot in what is a very dull action picture, I hope to see more of her in the future.
But as to whether you should see this movie, don't just don't bother with it at all, especially if you're a big Schwarzenegger fan like I am and I hate to say this because of that fact, if you want a fun throwback to 1980's action days of yore rent Dredd or the first Taken film instead as they do that job much better than this does, it's a major disappointment, 1 out of 5.
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