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After spending eight years in an insane asylum, Roo (Vernon G. Wells) takes a job in a gym owned by Napoleon (Michael Copeman). Tormented by memories of shock treatments and inhumane conditions, he ch... read more read more...annels his pent-up aggression and becomes a bare-knuckled street fighter. He soon goes up against the champ Razor (Real Andrews). ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Walter Hill

Release Date: September 20, 1996

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DVD Release Date: September 4, 2001

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  • blkbomb
    January 20, 2012
    blkbomb
    Joe Monday: You know, for a guy with no principles, sometimes you act kinda peculiar. 

    "There are two sides to every war. And John Smith is on both of them."

    Last Man Standing is not a horrible remake of Yojimbo. But I've got two films to compare it to; those being Yojimbo and ... read moreA Fistful of Dollars. When you look at it beside them, it obviously isn't going to compare. Really, Last Man Standing isn't that bad, but it suffers from trying to be as cool as Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars, when it never could be. Bruce Willis has a cool presence in the movie, but his eyes half shut, whispering routine gets old quicker than normal. 

    There's some things I did like about the film though. I liked the dusty look to the movie. I liked the new setting for the same story. This time it's in Jericho, Texas during the prohibition days. The town looks like your standard western setup. I also liked Christopher Walken in a gruff voice, scarred face, bad guy role. The stuff I like just doesn't balance up great with the stuff I don't.

    If you've seen Yojimbo or A Fistful of Dollars, you know this story. It's a cool one. A drifter comes into a war torn town and plays both sides against each other. He plans on making as much money as he can by switching sides at different times, when the money is better on the opposing side. Bruce Willis plays John Smith, the drifter. He's a master gunman and must also be a master dodger because hundreds of people shoot at him, yet none hit him. It's one of those invincible character movies, and I guess I'm fine with that. 

    This is a story that is so cool that whenever it is remade again, I'll watch it. This one just didn't have everything going for it like the other two, but it's still worth a watch. I probably would have liked it much more if I hadn't seen the other two before it. Knowing how great those two are really does rake away from this. If you haven't seen any of the three, I would suggest watching this one first. You'll get more enjoyment out of this one than I did.
  • phubbs1
    October 25, 2011
    phubbs1
    Haven't seen this since 96 on cinematic release but I know it did poorly which is really a bit of a mystery to me as I quite enjoyed this.

    Well known of course as a remake of 'Yojimbo' and remake of that 'A Fistful of Dollars' so you know what to expect but admittedly when comp... read moreletely copying certain scenes exactly from the Clint remake you start to wonder why bother. Apart from that it looks great in Prohibition-era Texas with all the natty suits, hats, a dusty ghostly western town and tommy guns blazing.

    Action is vicious when it kicks in with some pretty intense over the top gun battles, although the way some bad guys fly back through the air when hit is a tad silly. All the bad guys are well cast and eat up the screen perfectly, Kelly and Walken easily the best, but the casting of Willis was possibly a mistake as he isn't the greatest of actors and doesn't have the presence to pull off a 'Clint' type character.

    Love the idea of the era for this remake though, perfect choice, good fun to watch in my opinion if slightly slow inbetween the gun fighting and unfortunately the ending is a bit of an anti climax, could of been more epic than that surely?. Solid stuff.
  • axadntpron
    October 7, 2011
    axadntpron
    Unfortunately, this is a pretty bad Yojimbo remake. I am a fan of Walter Hill, I just don't know what he was thinking. Also, nobody yelled Warriors in the movie at all. Lame...
  • FilmFanatik
    September 15, 2011
    FilmFanatik
    Ok, so Last Man Standing is the third acknowledged remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (the second being A Fistful of Dollars by Sergio Leone), and it turns out to be the least of the three. Not that it doesn't have some style and over-the-top shootouts in it (and of course, Bruce... read more Willis and Christopher Walken), but it suffers from being on the uninteresting side. In this version, there is an unnecessary voice-over, which always spells doom for the story no matter what. The truth is is that it isn't required. The same story can be told without it. Some might argue that Walter Hill was just trying to do something different with it, and I understand that, but did it really need to be done? I'm not sure. All I know is that it's lackluster compared to the classic films that came before it.
  • garyX
    January 21, 2011
    garyX
    A drifter stumbles onto a border town that's being controller by two rival bootlegging gangs during the prohibition era. Last Man Standing is quite a frustrating film because it so very nearly works. Yet another remake of Yojimbo (just how many of them are there out there?) it se... read morets the classic story in the context of Tommy gun toting gangsters in a marriage of the styles of the western and film noir, which is actually a great idea. Willis has his usual presence as the stone-faced and amoral protagonist and the supporting cast has great turns by Bruce Dern and Christopher Walken who puts in a typically memorable and eccentric performance. Add some well choreographed shoot outs from Peckinpah padawan Walter Hill and you have a recipe for success, but somehow it doesn't quite fit together. The script takes the bare bones of the story but doesn't really explore the characters and their motives, and the comic strip treatment is not helped by its episodic nature. A sense of humour would've helped, but more than likely it just suffers greatly in comparison to the far superior original and Sergio Leone's version.
  • cancercapricorn2002
    July 12, 2010
    cancercapricorn2002
    Last Man Standing is the story of John Smith, a gun-for-hire with an ambiguous conscience. He is on the run from his latest (unexplained) adventures when he finds himself in the small Texas town of Jericho. The town, not really much of a town, is plagued by two warring gangs. Smi... read moreth sees the situation as an opportunity to make some quick cash by playing both sides against each other. However, as the story unfolds we find Smith to be caught in a conflict of his own warped sense of honor and conscience (which of course is profoundly ironic since Smith claims to be without a conscience).

    The movie is well acted, Bruce Willis as the lead character John Smith is superb and Christopher Walken is, as always, great as the Irish mobs number one shooter. The two lead female characters in the film play a major part in the development of the story despite not having large roles.

    Overall Last Man Standing is a fantastic movie, but not in the sense that it's a good movie but the sense that it is quite unrealistic. Regardless it is very entertaining and a great movie to watch if your in a action movie mood. It is what is called a "guy" movie by some of my female friends, meaning it is rather violent (though not graphically so) and contains a fair amount of female nudity and sexual content (again not graphically so).

    My final recommendation is sit down with a bag of popcorn and enjoy. Its worth a look
  • ythelastman89
    November 20, 2009
    ythelastman89
    Actually a pretty fun movie with Bruce Willis doing the usual mowing down of villains. The story was pretty basic, a little too much. It sold itself short because there was a really great movie at heart. Bruce Willis gave a great performances in this, but he's usually pretty cons... read moreistent so there's a lot better movies to choose from.
  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    A modern take on the Western and the gangster film. It?s also a remake of Yojimbo but if you?re a fan, try and ignore that fact otherwise you may not enjoy it so much!
  • 76Majikat
    January 29, 2008
    76Majikat
    Not much to say about this film, as towards the end, I lost the plot a little through boredom. Had it not been for the stars in it, I don't think it would have any appeal at all.
  • sanjurosamurai
    December 7, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    this film was always good, but its better if you see yojimbo. that is the 1960 samurai flick that this story came from. this one follows that one well, and putting a mafia twist on it was a fun way to see the story.

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Critic Reviews

John J. Puccio
July 5, 2010
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

...makes no excuses about what it is: an old-fashioned shoot-'em-up with an invincible hero. Full Review

Rob Gonsalves
September 24, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

The film chokes to death on Walter Hill's dusty artistry. Full Review

Phil Villarreal
June 24, 2007
Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star

Wry, cold and confident, Willis squints and blasts his way through the film, a blazing pistol in each hand. Full Review

Chuck O'Leary
October 10, 2005
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

Walter Hill's Last Man Standing is an overlooked action masterpiece that perfectly blends the Western and the gangster film.

Michael Dequina
September 10, 2005
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

For all the gunplay and assorted violence, there is nothing between the action scenes to engage the audience. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
April 17, 2005
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Willis does good work in this dusty Western Yojimbo.

Steve Crum
January 5, 2005
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

A Walter Hill classic with super cool Bruce Willis.

Jeffrey Westhoff
December 17, 2004
Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

The slow-moving story is as dry as the desert wind that blows through Jericho.

Brian Mckay
March 19, 2003
Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

This movie is a time-filler, something you can have on in the background while you're doing something else, and can glance at whenever the shooting starts. Full Review

Kevin Fiddler
February 18, 2003
Kevin Fiddler, Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)

One of the collest gunslinger movies of the new generation.

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