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.
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, "...The victory at the end is downbeat, and there is an indifference to it. This is such a sad, lonely movie."[1]
References
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1996-09-20). "Last Man Standing review". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2006-08-13.
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