The Last Stand
Lionsgate | Release Date: January 18, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
16
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Total FilmJamie GrahamJan 26, 2013
Kim Jee-woon's riff on the western is an entertaining frolic back-loaded with gore and guffaws. Arnie's back! Read full review
60
Empire Nick de SemlyenJan 24, 2013
Arnie's toe-dip back into the action-cinema pool is a daft bit of fluff rather than a bruising mission statement. Get through the plot and you'll be rewarded with 30 minutes of whirligig mayhem. Read full review
60
MovielineAmy NicholsonJan 21, 2013
Is it a coincidence that classic action is making its comeback at the same time Schwarzenegger is making his own? Hey, he warned us he'd be back. Read full review
60
NPRStephanie ZacharekJan 18, 2013
The director does pull off a pretty magnificent cornfield car chase - two sleek vehicles cut through a thick, shaggy carpet of maize like souped-up harvesters, the movie's way of saying that the simple country life needn't be devoid of thrills. But Jee-woon takes too long to wrap things up, fumbling repeatedly on his way to an ending. Read full review
58
Film.comWilliam GossFeb 26, 2013
The bloodshed speaks volumes enough, though, even if it takes some time getting to the mayhem proper. Read full review
58
The PlaylistMark ZhuravsyJan 17, 2013
The Last Stand delivers -- up to a point. Keep those expectations reasonable and try not to be disappointed. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJan 28, 2013
If only Kim had a sense of humor to match his visual wit. Instead, we get rusted gags and rubbery acting. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoJan 21, 2013
Kim doesn't sweat interweaving his story threads in any tightly controlled way. Just when the need-for-speed stuff really starts to gain traction, he'll shift for a surprisingly lengthy stretch to comic relief with the deputies and local wacko Johnny Knoxville. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJan 17, 2013
Sure, violence in movies isn't violence in real life. And when you combine it with intelligent dialogue and pointed social commentary (a la "Django Unchained"), it can be cathartic. But The Last Stand, absent either of these things, just seems to want to gin up a lot of high-fiving for a lot of shooting, and right now is the least palatable time I can think of for that. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaJan 17, 2013
Almost certainly, The Last Stand will not be Schwarzenegger's last. For better or for worse (and this is somewhere right in the middle), he is back. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie OgleJan 17, 2013
The idea of Arnold Schwarzenegger as a small town sheriff is ludicrous, but then that's the whole point of his new movie: It's dumb fun, emphasis on the dumb. Read full review
50
VarietyJustin ChangJan 15, 2013
[The Director] is especially good at integrating his New Mexico locations into the action, from a key combat scene on a bridge to a car chase that unfolds, with limited visibility, in a cornfield...Kim's handling of his first English-speaking cast isn't quite as assured, although everyone more or less gets by Read full review
40
SalonAndrew O'HehirJan 17, 2013
So to call this a good movie is really a stretch; it's more like 38 percent of a good movie. But it probably has just enough dumb fun and pointless violence and car chases to seem like a highly viable option for large numbers of people this weekend. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJan 17, 2013
The script is a mess, built on lazy clichés, stilted jokes and easy payoffs. What the movie does have, though, is enthusiasm. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJan 17, 2013
The South Korean director Kim Jee-woon fails to dazzle with the endless speeding-car sequences, but that 60-second flourish during a lengthy firefight is almost worth the tedium. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJan 15, 2013
Not the worst but is very far from the best film the star has made in his career. Read full review
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