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'''''Last Man Standing''''' is a [[1996]] [[action film]] written and directed by [[Walter Hill]]. It is a credited [[remake]] of the [[Akira Kurosawa]] film ''[[Yojimbo]]'', which itself was based on [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s novel ''[[Red Harvest]]'', and also remade by [[Sergio Leone]] with [[Clint Eastwood]] in [[A Fistful of Dollars]]. The film stars [[Bruce Willis]], [[Christopher Walken]] and [[Bruce Dern]]. The film features over-the-top gunfights where people are literally lifted off their feet from the impact of bullets. These scenes usually feature Bruce Willis wielding two [[M1911]] .45-caliber pistols, with a seemingly endless number of magazine available for reloading. |
'''''Last Man Standing''''' is a [[1996]] [[action film]] written and directed by [[Walter Hill]]. It is a credited [[remake]] of the [[Akira Kurosawa]] film ''[[Yojimbo]]'', which itself was based on [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s novel ''[[Red Harvest]]'', and also remade by [[Sergio Leone]] with [[Clint Eastwood]] in [[A Fistful of Dollars]]. The film stars [[Bruce Willis]], [[Christopher Walken]] and [[Bruce Dern]]. The film features over-the-top gunfights where people are literally lifted off their feet from the impact of bullets. These scenes usually feature Bruce Willis wielding two [[M1911]] .45-caliber pistols, with a seemingly endless number of magazine available for reloading. |
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Revision as of 10:07, 20 June 2006
This article is about the 1996 movie. For other uses, see Last Man Standing.
Last Man Standing is a 1996 action film written and directed by Walter Hill. It is a credited remake of the Akira Kurosawa film Yojimbo, which itself was based on Dashiell Hammett's novel Red Harvest, and also remade by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars. The film stars Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken and Bruce Dern. The film features over-the-top gunfights where people are literally lifted off their feet from the impact of bullets. These scenes usually feature Bruce Willis wielding two M1911 .45-caliber pistols, with a seemingly endless number of magazine available for reloading.
The film is set during the era of Prohibition in the United States, in which Willis plays a wandering gunman who decides to play off both sides of a gang war that takes place in the violence-riddled town of Jericho, Texas.
The film was a complete flop at the box-office and received dismal critical reviews. Film critic Roger Ebert was quoted as saying, "...there is an indifference to [the film]. This is such a sad, lonely movie."[citation needed]