Arnold Schwarzenegger in Last Stand by Jee-woon Kim (Bittersweet Life)?!

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In the January 18, 2013 release, Schwarzenegger stars as Sheriff Owens, a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for one of the most daring face offs in cinema history.


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In 'Last Stand,' Schwarzenegger makes good on promise

The former governor of California returns to the big screen with his first leading role since 2003's Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Schwarzenegger plays a small-town sheriff caught up in a battle with a big-time drug cartel in The Last Stand (due Jan. 18).

After all, he did promise, "I'll be back."

"It's awesome to see him back in action," says producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Schwarzenegger is Sheriff Ray Owens, a former Los Angeles police officer who has resigned himself to fighting small crime in a sleepy border town. But his law-enforcing slow lane is invaded by a notorious drug kingpin who escapes custody and speeds his way to the U.S.-Mexican border with his lethal gang — straight through Owens' Summerton Junction.

The sheriff "hasn't had to flex his muscles in a while," Schwarzenegger says by e-mail. "So when the gangsters come to town, it's a big test."

The test is made all the more difficult by Summerton Junction's comically inexperienced local force, instantly overmatched by the drug lord's firepower. "Johnny Knoxville's character gets deputized to the force," says di Bonaventura. "That's how desperate they are."

This leaves most of the real fighting to Schwarzenegger in the screen battle helmed by Korean director Jee-woon Kim, making his English-language premiere.

"I guess I could have started slow and eased into it," Schwarzenegger adds.

"But it felt amazing to be back jumping off buildings, seeing huge explosions, getting in car chases and throwing punches."

But at age 65, Schwarzenegger is no longer the Terminator. Likewise, his Last Stand sheriff visibly feels the pain of the battle.

"When he leaps and tackles someone, it's not simple to get back up," di Bonaventura says. "You see a new side of him."

"He doesn't feel indestructible," the producer adds.

In fact, after one tumble, Schwarzenegger gets up and mumbles, "I feel old" — unthinkable words from the '80s screen hero.

"You're rooting for him more because he's more like us," di Bonaventura says.

"And he gets up and keeps on going. When he needs to be Arnold, he's Arnold."

Even if being Arnold means popping some Advil at the end of the day.

"He's having a ball," di Bonaventura says. "He loves being back and making movies."


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It's so awesome that true superstar is returning to the big screen ... I can't wait for Johnny Knixville's return.

Pretty excited about Arnold too. It will be good to see him making movies again.
 
You may laugh but I like Knoxville quite a bit.


I was goofing around, but I was being serious. I love Johnny. The Jackass movies are some of the funniest things ever and Knoxville seems like one of the coolest dudes.
 
:up:

I wish MTV would release proper unaltered season sets of Jackass.
 
I actually sponsored Kim for Justice League (in case Affleck declines) last night.

I can't wait to see this bad boy next year.
 
I'm glad he's finally given up on being the straight-up action hero and is now going the Clint Eastwood route.

We can still buy him as a BAMF but he's an older, more experienced BAMF.

I hope this and "The Tomb" are his comeback. He looks awesome in "The Tomb" with the gray hair/goatee combo
 
It looks and sounds like a knockoff from Longmire.

Hate to say it, but I might pass. Even though Kim and Knoxville are involved.
 
Looking forward to this, as it's Arnold's true return to movies.

Expendables 2 is an appetizer!
 

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