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 This is the second remake of an excellent movie... Yojimbo... It lacks what the original and it's first remake (Fistful of Dollars) have in abundance: HUMOR. An excessive dependence upon narration also suggests that the director, or the studio vastly underestimates the intelligence of the audience.For a real good movie watch Yojimbo... Or even Fistful of Dollars... Or watch them both and marvel at how much Leone takes, almost shot for shot, from Kurosawa's wonderful film. If you want to ruin that double feature, however, watch this dreary attempt as well. It's a shame, really, because Hill and Willis were a good match for the material. EnJoy
What for? Have they all had lobotomies? What could the gangsters possibly want, or derive from a desert ghost town? Sex? Power? Money? Drugs? Answer: None of the above. There's no point to their existence in this movie, except maybe to set up a scene where tough guys Christopher Walken and Bruce Willis snarl at each other. Rather than contain much substance, the whole movie is one establishing shot after another. The film probably would have worked if the gangsters shot up and burned the town to get out of it and move to someplace better, like New York or Chicago, where there were plenty of dames, booze and money to keep them occupied. Unfortunately, that's not what the storyboard called for. As written, the gangster characters in "Last Man Standing" were apparently too dimwitted to appreciate those finer cultural aspects of the gangster lifestyle. Yohimbo? It didn't even come close. "Last Man Standing" is yet but another floating object in the toilet bowl of modern "B" movies.
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In this movie, one of Willis' best, he kicks a$$!! It was one of the best movies I had ever seen!! the time or age was perfectly fitted for the movie. Great actors, and great script!!!
The movie isn't too bad (It's an OK movie) but compared to "Yojimbo", the movie on which Last Man Standing was based, it pales in comparison. If you must buy this movie make sure to also pick up "Yojimbo"... Just my two cents.
