Parents' Guide to

The Last Stand

By Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 17+

Arnie's lawman vs. outlaw action tale gets pretty bloody.

Movie R 2013 107 minutes
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Community Reviews

age 17+

Based on 11 parent reviews

age 18+

Gory, profane, alcoholic film is NOT for kids

Constant, strong language includes "motherf----r," "f--k," "s--t," "c--kblocked," "a--wipe," "d--k," the "N" word, "c--t," "c--k whistle," "whore," "f----t," "hell," "damn," "goddamn," "douche," "bitches," "piss," "goddammit," "p---y," "prick," "jackass," "d--k head," "motherf--king," and a joke about a character being a "DW" (damned whore).
age 18+

Gory, profane, alcoholic film is NOT for kids

Constant, strong language includes "motherf----r," "f--k," "s--t," "c--kblocked," "a--wipe," "d--k," the "N" word, "c--t," "c--k whistle," "whore," "f----t," "hell," "damn," "goddamn," "douche," "bitches," "piss," "goddammit," "p---y," "prick," "jackass," "d--k head," "motherf--king," and a joke about a character being a "DW" (damned whore).

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (11):
Kids say (5):

Despite a few laughable moments, The Last Stand is an amusing -- albeit violent -- vehicle for Schwarzenegger, who has yet to say "hasta la vista" to the genre he so skillfully mastered. Korean director Jee-woon Kim already has a cult following for his various genre films (I Saw the Devil, A Tale of Two Sisters), and in his English-language debut, he takes on one of the elder statesmen of action. Kim manages to feature all that's great about the older star without ignoring his age (at one point, Cortez even calls him Abuelito/grandpa). The Terminator might be close to retirement, but he still knows how to shoot various men with finesse and also manage to be the emotional center of the film (he's especially sweet as the mentor to young deputy Jerry Bailey, played by Friday Night Lights alum Zach Gilford).

There's a decent balance between THE LAST STAND's action -- a lot of which is definitely explicit, like when a goon gets literally blown to pieces -- and the humor, most of which is courtesy of comic actor Luis Guzman, one of Owens' deputies, and Johnny Knoxville, who plays Somerton's vintage gun aficionado. The subplots aren't particularly deep: the beautiful deputy's ex-boyfriend, a former Marine, is conveniently in custody, and Cortez's pretty hostage is quickly revealed to be all too compliant.

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