News is coming thick and fast for the new Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kim Jee-woon production, THE LAST STAND.
Lionsgate have released the below statement regarding the plot details of the film;
Schwarzenegger will be starring 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 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.
Also out of Lionsgate comes a statement from the company’s President Joe Drake discussing his thoughts on the project:
Arnold Schwarzenegger will bring incredible magnetism to this complex but classic roll [sic]. When he came on the screen in THE EXPENDABLES, it always electrified the audience. In this film, the Sheriff Owens character grapples with some really tough stuff, but ultimately triumphs, and we knew he’d truly elevate this high octane ride.
It all sounds interesting but at the same time the film has flavours of WALKING TALL and other 70/80’s type of small town American films. But I’m sure the film will definitely be something to look our for in the last quarter of 2012 due to Kim Jee-woon’s unique eye and visual style.
