Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Last Stand Reviews

3.0

out of 100

Metascore^®
Mixed or average reviews
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

91

out of 100

Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's a crackerjack B movie worthy of comparison to such stylishly low-down, smart-meets-dumb, hyper-violent entertainments as the 1997 Kurt Russell thriller "Breakdown," Clint Eastwood's infamous police bloodbath "The Gauntlet," John Carpenter's original "Assault on Precinct 13," and Arnold's own overlooked 1986 outing "Raw Deal."

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75

out of 100

Chicago Sun-Times
The Last Stand marks the American debut of the Korean director Jee-woon Kim, who delivers a half-dozen quality kills that will leave audiences squirming and then laughing at the sheer audacity of it all.

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70

out of 100

Los Angeles Times
Johnny Knoxville offers comic relief as the goofball proprietor of a back-road gun museum, which conveniently allows for an odd assortment of weapons to be used in the climactic battle. It's that kind of movie.

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70

out of 100

Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The movie comes up with a couple of tender moments that could pass for human, and a mano-a-mano climax in which the superhero of yore, the glint in his eye dulled but not extinguished, functions as a weirdly touching tyrannosaurus.

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63

out of 100

ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The film, directed by South Korean Jee-woon Kim, hits all the necessary action beats and effectively blends in the humor.

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40

out of 100

The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
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.

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40

out of 100

The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy
Not the worst but is very far from the best film the star has made in his career.

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