The Last Stand (Arnold Schwarzenegger / Kim Jee-woon) (2013)

[HungFist]

Trailer:
http://youtu.be/UIersyq-Gt8

via wildgrounds

Kim Jee-woon's (A Bittersweet Life, I Saw the Devil, The Good the Bad the Weird) Hollywood debut.

[Markgway]

My kinda movie....

[HungFist]

I'm a bit worried about Johnny Knoxville... Why is he in the movie?

Then again, The Good the Bad the Weird was spaghetti western for MTV generation, too.

Now I'm even more worried...

I Saw the Devil and A Bittersweet Life were good, though.

[Markgway]

I'm a bit worried about Johnny Knoxville... Why is he in the movie?

His name's not on the poster so hopefully he's not in it much.

[bradavon]

His name's not on the poster so hopefully he's not in it much.

There's only one name on the poster though.

This looks pap. Arnie needs to work out more, like Stallone.

[Xenon]

Arnie looks so booooooored. I mean just look at his face when he is firing that minigun/machinegun in the car. Hope he didn't catch Bruce Willis "I don't give a fuck anymore" syndrome.

[gasteropod]

I think it looks good!

[hanshotfirst1138]

Normally, this'd look like a slightly larger-budgeted direct-to-video bit of junk with a has-been star, but having such an esoteric director's name attached means it could be interesting...

[Shingster]

What the hell's esoteric about Kim Ji-woon? He's about as mainstream (in filmmaking terms) as Korean filmmakers get!

[Markgway]

Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, and language

Cool poster art:

[grim_tales]

That is pretty cool - Grindhouse/graphic novel like almost

[Markgway]

'15' uncut.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/last-stand-2013-0

[HungFist]

Two reviews:
http://twitchfilm.com/2013/01/review-th ... stand.html

[Markgway]

I'm sold.

[gasteropod]

I wanna see Ahnoldt bless him.

[Markgway]

Give deez peepul aeyer!

[HungFist]

Very poor US opening:
http://www.hitfix.com/news/box-office-m ... tand-flops

I wouldn't be too worried yet, though. I think Schwarzenegger (and many other 80's icons) remain much bigger stars in Europe, Japan, Russia etc. than they are in today's USA. For example look at The Expendables 2: $85 million domestic box office vs. $215 million international. I could imagine The Last Stand being a success in markets like France.

It's also a relatively "cheap" movie, costing only 30 million to make (IMDb estimation). Of course the advertising budget may add quite a bit to it, but I still think the film will easily break even thanks to the international market alone. And the reviews have been positive, so the US box office might catch (more) fire after a little while when people figure out the film is probably a good one.

[Markgway]

That's a real shame.

[saltysam]

As opening weekend bombs go that's a humoungus one.

[Markgway]

I don't understand the mainstream viewing public and they don't understand me. I only hope this is, as Hung suggests, a sizeable hit in other countries. I'm gonna go see it when it opens here next week... also going to see Stallone's Bullet to the Head and Willis' Die Hard 4 (both Feb). It'll be like my entire year's cinema-going in the space of a couple of weeks...lol.

[Markgway]

Guess I won't be seeing this in the cinema after all.

My local Odeon pulled it after a week (I guess it's hardly surprised seeing as the film tanked both here and the US).

[saltysam]

Stallone's new one has bombed even worse in the USA http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/b ... ies-417659

[Markgway]

The old school action hero is dead.