'The Last Stand' Trailer: Isn't Arnold Schwarzenegger Getting Too Old for This? Huffington Post
go to original November 8, 2012

Action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his much-anticipated return to the big screen in Korean director Kim Jee-woon's hard-hitting US directorial debut, THE LAST STAND. (movieclipsTRAILERS)

No Arnold Schwarzenegger movie is complete without guns, explosions, and intense one-liners (a la "I'll be back"). As luck would have it, "The Last Stand" has all three.

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming action movie, due out from Lionsgate, Jan. 18, 2013. Schwarzenegger plays a small town sheriff who started his career as a member of the LAPD. The town he protects is on the U.S. border, making it the target of crime and drug cartels. The trailer shows Schwarzenegger trying to stop a drug lord from crossing through his town to get into Mexico.

"I'm not gonna let that guy come through our town without a fight," Schwarzenegger says, before later adding with some well-worn comic timing that he's "old."

The film also stars Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville and Zach Gilford ("Friday Night Lights"), among others. It is the first English feature from director Kim-ji-Woon, who led films such as "A Tale of Two Sisters" and "The Good, the Bad, the Weird."

Synopsis:

After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.

With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow. Cortez’ path: straight through Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement, including Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) will have their final opportunity to intercept him before the violent fugitive slips across the border forever.

At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately rallies his team and takes the matter into his own hands, setting the stage for a classic showdown.

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