Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
It's hard to escape the feeling that The Last Stand was greenlit to go after the market cornered by a certain fast and furious franchise: explosions plus fast cars. Small-town police chief Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger) faces off against Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), a cartel head who intends to use Owens' sleepy town as his exit into Mexico. To get there he's stolen a prototype supercar...
The players are caricatures, but that's part of the charm; it's a B-movie with A production values. It's an enjoyable combination of bombastic melodrama and ultraviolence, like a telenovela by way of John Woo. Not good, but a good effortless filler.