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Last Man Standing (1996)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
3/04, 6/24
6/24:
A combination of Unforgiven and
Bad Day at Black Rock, Last Man Standing is overdone.
It takes place in the middle of nowhere in West Texas during the Prohibition era, and there's no law enforcement to be
found. This lets Bruce Willis' character off the hook, so he can kill ten guys all by himself in a few seconds without
reloading his guns. If that's not excessive enough, then there's the voice-over narration. Please, just shut up...I don't want
to be further overcome by the pretentiousness.
The cast is okay, but the Italians are annoying. Bruce Willis seems to be in his element, but he has stupid moments, especially
when he's beat to a pulp but manages to be functional afterwards. Yet won't it make sense to kill him instead of abandoning
him in the room? On the other hand, whenever Christopher Walken appears, he steals the show effortlessly while loving
his Tommy gun a lot.
All in all, long, ridiculous, and violent, Last Man Standing is full of Walter Hill crap.