Upon receiving the news that Gabriel Cortez, a well-known drug dealer, has escaped from prison and went to Somerton, in order to go to Mexico, Ray Owens, a well-known veteran detective, working in Sommorton, Arizona, where peace is the norm, struggles against keeping peace and security in the region by catching that criminal.
The Last Stand is a fast-paced, action-heavy throwback, shot with a fluid visual eye by Kim Jee-Woon. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back and better than ever.
There are echoes here of Howard Hawks' classic 1959 Western Rio Bravo, in which John Wayne played a similarly beleaguered sheriff trying to prevent a jailbreak with the aid of a bunch of misfits.
