Kim Ji-woon’s The Last Stand Trailer Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
Although The Expendables 2 marks Arnold Schwarzenegger’s triumphant return to the big screen in a non-cameo role, it is actually The Last Stand that will truly put his star power to the test after a decade out of the spotlight. The movie is also significant for another reason: no, not the comeback of Johnny Knoxville, but rather the English language directorial debut of Korean filmmaker Kim Ji-woon, the same man who brought us The Good, the Bad, the Weird and I Saw the Devil. If that’s not enough reason to be excited, I don’t know what is.
The movie stars Schwarzenegger as Ray Owens, the sheriff of a small town called Sommerton Junction. A disgraced former LAPD officer, Owens is once again called into action when a drug kingpin named Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega) escapes from an FBI convoy and makes a run for Mexico. The movie also stars Peter Stormare, Forest Whitaker, Harry Dean Stanton, Luis Guzman and Genesis Rodriguez, and it looks to be packed with explosions and high speed car chases. But can Arnold still cut it as an action star? The Last Stand hits theatres on January 18th; check out the trailer after the jump let us know what you think.
Comments (25)
oh, boy…
I wish the trailer looked more encouraging …
Posted by kyri on August 16th, 2012I’m completely jacked for this movie.
Posted by Colin on August 16th, 2012Such an 80s plot. I love it!
Posted by rjdelight on August 16th, 2012Haha I’m totally on board for this. It looks completely ridiculous.
Posted by Kasper on August 16th, 2012“I haev scene enouuuff blooood and death; i no whats cominn”. I’m sold!
Posted by La Menthe on August 16th, 2012Take my money…
Posted by Nic Lipelli on August 16th, 2012Jesus, Harry Dean Stanton? Is he just there to stand around and make Arnold look younger?
Posted by PlanBFromOuterSpace on August 16th, 2012Love the G/B/W door slam allusion.
Posted by Tum Tum Tyranus on August 16th, 2012looks fun
Posted by Jonny Ashley on August 16th, 2012I am totally on board for this. WOOO!! “old”, fucking classic. No one can do what Arnold does and I have fucking missed him. I didn’t realise how much I missed him until I saw two seconds of him in the trailer for teh first “Expendables” and now I’m extatic.
Ejaculation all over that trailer.
Posted by patrik on August 16th, 2012@ PlanBFromOuterSpace
Here’s there to be awesome.
Posted by rjdelight on August 16th, 2012WELCOME BACK ARNIE!!!! This definitely looks vintage Arnold, cannot wait to see this flick as well as The Expendables 2 this weekend!!!!
Posted by Mike H on August 16th, 2012wish it were more serious… looks like Knoxville is reprising his “Ringer” role… is he supposed to be mentally ill??
Posted by JC on August 16th, 2012I am in.
Posted by Deven Science on August 16th, 2012Totally can’t wait. Love me some Ah-nuld!!
Posted by HFD on August 17th, 2012Damn time Arnie got a full “reboot”. Don’t fuck it up, you dirty Austrian!
Posted by Shane on August 17th, 2012Yet, another movie where Arnie has a Wasp name but no attempt is made to explain why he speaks with an Austrian accent. I don’t know whether it’s lazy writing, but why can’t screenwriters just throw in 3 lines of exposition to explain it. Hell, at least in Predator, the guy’s name is Dutch. His character’s background is never explained but just from the name alone he’s obviously an immigrant of Germanic descent. Just giving a German-sounding name alone is enough.
Posted by Maopheus on August 17th, 2012all I can say is, YEAH! In macho randy savage tough guy tone
Posted by Steve Kasan on August 17th, 2012How did you not point out Johnny Knoxville!
Posted by Bryan on August 17th, 2012Whoops you sure did. My mistake.
Posted by Bryan on August 17th, 2012Ray Owens? Yep, that sounds like a name someone with a thick German accent would have. Just add it to the long list of improbable names Arnold’s characters have had throughout his career. Let’s look at the checklist, shall we?
Gordy Brewer
Adam Gibson
Jericho Cane
Howard Langston
Harry Tasker
Jack Slater
John Kimble
Douglas Quaid
Ben Richards
Joe Santo
At least in the upcoming movie, The Tomb, he’s named Rottmayer. “It’s not a tomb!”
Posted by MovieViewer-Man on August 18th, 2012Looks like the same small town as Thor.
Posted by Xidor on August 19th, 2012@21 —– How could you have possibly missed John Matrix?
Posted by PlanBFromOuterSpace on August 19th, 2012I think we ought to be more excited about the director than the star here. It’s great to see Arnold in action again, but some parts of the trailer feel like too much of a self-parody at times (by the way, am I the only one that gets reminded of buddy Stallone’s Copland here?)
However, Kim Ji-woon is fantastic. I’ve watched A Tale Of Two Sisters and I Saw The Devil and they’re both great (and completely different genres). His storytelling style is fresh and his visuals are kinetic without being overbearing.
Posted by Lior on August 19th, 2012It remains to be seen if he gets too absorbed into the Hollywood machine, but the visuals in the trailer are impressive for sure.
@23
Posted by MovieViewer-Man on August 20th, 2012D’Oh! I guess I just blocked that one from my mind because Commando was horrible.
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