Last Man Standing (1996 film)

This article is about the 1996 film starring Bruce Willis. 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.

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Bruce Willis in the title role

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."

External links

• Last Man Standing at IMDb