Last Stand

Actors:  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forrest Whitaker, Peter Stormare, Eduardo Noriega, Jaime Alexander, Johnny Knoxville, Genesis Rodriguez, Luis Guzman, Rodrigo Santoro
Rating:  7 out of 10, Probably a very apt title for Arnie’s return to action genre.  He’s back, not a bad thing, at least for the people of California and pudgy maids (but I digress).  This flick is sneaky fun as it hearkens back to the 1980’s action flicks where Arnie made his bones.  It was kind of interesting to see a sleepy Arizona border town with an Austrian Sheriff, Thor’s Asgardian female buddy, the Brazilian guy from Love Actually and 300 as a drunken townie, a Swedish bad guy helping out a Spanish guy trying to portray a Mexican drug lord – it is Hollywood!  It’s a complete mess but a lovable one as Arnie doesn’t try to hide his age but makes it one of the recurring jokes.  Forrest Whitaker is a real miss as a bumbling FBI agent and there’s no where near enough screen time for the stunning Genesis Rodriguez.  Still, a lot of harmless, mindless fun as the town and the bad guys blow up spectacularly.  It’s 1984 all over again. 
MVP:  The Governator proves he’s still got it.