Abysmal

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2006)

After the excellent first two films in this trilogy, I was expecting big things from The Last Stand and I had heard positive reviews from friends who had seen it before me. I had not done a great deal of research into what the film would be about so as to not to give myself many pieces of info that would help give away things in the story that I did not want to know beforehand (too often I watch movies and due to what I have read, the mystery is taken away, even if the reviews aren't spoilers as such).
What I saw in the cinema was a surprise, and I still haven't quite recovered. Did they drag in the director, script writers and acting coaches from Hollyoaks, because it certainly gave that impression. I have never seen a film with so many clichés, especially coming from one character, in this case the president. They were constantly flowing and throw into that the cheesiness that this film brought to the table and you have already got two properties which were not in the first two. I should have taken some crackers to help digest the cheese but nothing could have spared me from the appalling emotional acting from the main cast, most notably Storm who just lacked any genuine capacity to bring the character to a realistic emotional reaction to anything which happened in the film. And how many speeches of a patronising fashion can one director squeeze into a movie, it would seem this film suggests it is around 8 or 9 because they were also consistent in their appearance.
I would go on a massive rant but to be honest, this film is not worth the effort, just a massive disappointment and very poorly made. It does not bode well for the other sequels coming out although they certainly won't have a high standard to compete with.