The Last Stand

So I'm a big, long time Arny fan first of all and that buys some cred with me on purely sentimental grounds. That said, the first 1 hour and 25 minutes play much like an average small town cop drama made for TV, almost completely devoid of anything remarkable, including my buddy Arny's attempts at a fairly serious bit of drama, not a strength for him to be sure. HOWEVER, I can see why this director is fairly highly regarded because the last 25 minutes of action were pretty fantastic, harnessing Arny's best movie qualities to full effect. Those last 25 minutes are quite funny, wild and just plain good old fashioned fun! The entire cast was full value and Arny was certainly a tad weak, until he was just flat out fantastic when the action heated up. I particularly loved that when creating a mano a mano situation for Arny, his age was taken into account fairly appropriately so as to not make him look like a goof. Twenty years my senior I know I'd still like my odds trying to run past that big bugger better than trying to take him down... lol All in all a mixed bag, but worth it if you're nostalgic for the big goon as I admittedly am.