Review of Last Man Standing

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. Smith 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 solid but nothing special. It is well acted, Bruce Willis as the lead character John Smith is superb and Christopher Walken is, as always, superb 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 when you don't want to put much thought into the movie. It is a guy movie though, 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 watching Bruce Willis kick some bad guy butt.