Last Man Standing (1996) (V)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Joseph Merhi

Writer:

Joseph Merhi (writer)

Release Date:

23 January 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

We all have the right to remain silent.

Plot:

Cop finds himself caught between an organzed crime gang and a ring of crooked cops.

Plot Keywords:

Three Word Title | Independent Film

Cast

Jeff Wincott	...	Kurt
Jillian McWhirter	...	Anabella
Jonathan Fuller	...	Underwood
Steve Eastin	...	Seagrove
Robert LaSardo	...	Kazz
Jonathan Banks	...	Doc
Michael Greene	...	Demayo
Ava Fabian	...	Lucretia
Shannon Welles	...	Mrs. Kane
Sam Shamshak	...	Bob Parry
Robert Lewis Stephenson	...	Stewart
Frank H. Conn	...	Killjoy (as Frank Conn)
Fred Doumani Jr.	...	Mathers
Emile Levisetti	...	Smalls
Seth Isler	...	James Blue

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:18 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

PM Entertainment Group

Quotes:

Doc: Mom. I don't like mushrooms in my cereal.

Soundtrack:

I Called To Tell Ya

Chuck Norris' days as the king of cheese ball action movies are numbered

I'm sure that the creators of this movie were going for many things; Believability was not one of them. Our hero Kurt (Punch Rock Groin) opens the flick by chasing a bad guy thru a hotel. Along the way he jumps a 20ft staircase and chases the guy thru 5 or 6 plate glass windows coming up without a scratch. Even more believable is this guy's marriage to his wife whom he evidently knows nothing about, demonstrated by his surprise at her ability to use a gun. As villains chase them with guns and bomb empty barns, she stays true to the 2dimentional stereotype that she is and "Stands by her man".

The movie also somehow leaves out or ignores several details about police procedure. Mainly that a cop should identify himself as a police officer and warn suspects to comply before kicking there A**. Or, that after a police officer is suspended, commandeering a civilian vehicle is known as GRAND THEFT AUTO, which our hero commits twice in this film. I mean Heck! Joe Don Baker's "Mitchell" follows police procedure more than this guy does.

Overall it seems that the filmmakers must have bought a book on how to make the most cliché, over the top action movie possible and followed it line-by-line, complete with the poser outfits and bad dialogue. My favorite part of the movie was when the big boss bad guy Underwood refers to himself as "The Swashbuckler".

Chuck Norris watch out, your days as the king of Cheese ball action movies are numbered!