Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing
R | 23 January 1996 (USA)
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A gang of bank robbers, led by the ultra-violent Snake Underwood, pull off a daring mid-day heist that leaves dozens of burning police cars and scores of innocent victims in its wake. Heading the investigation into the gang is the equally violent detective Kurt Bellmore and going by the book just isn't going to be enough...

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S_Craig_Zahler

no real spoilers regarding the plot, just moments of action.actually, i would give this a 6.5 rather than a 7, but i wanted to round it up. considering the average rating for the last 75+ direct to video movies i've seen would be around a 4.25, this is a complete success.this movie delivers on every front and is exactly what i want in direct to video action, but rarely see.it moves from the first minute to the last.the chases are ambitious and very well staged. at a few points, the car chase and motorcycle versus truck sequence have astonishing kinetics.the shoot outs are good and efficiently handled. and the martial arts is efficient, resonant and fairly realistic.the end result is something like a confluence of fast five (but here, the spectacle is realized on a low budget), the best episodes of walker: Texas ranger (efficient and impacting hand to hand fighting) and a hong kong movie.the character of doc is well-handled by jonathan banks, though most of the cast is pushed and unrealistic (and the woman seems written by a man who has never met a woman), but the speed of the piece and the delivery of about 8 (!) very, very good action set pieces (esp. the parking lot fight, the motorcycle & truck chase, the car chase and the great bar fight) all put this on the very top shelf of direct to video action and as good as second shelf hong kong and American theatrical stuff.well done!

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HaemovoreRex

Jeff Wincott has for me at least, always stood out somewhat from the plethora of movie action stars of the late eighties and nineties such as, Van Damme, Seagal, Grunier, Wilson, Lundgren etc etc. on the very simple account that Wincott is actually a rather good actor when the material allows. Unfortunately, this film doesn't allow Wincott to flex his acting muscles however.....Oh dear I hear you cry. Bad news then? Well luckily, not really, as the action happens to more than make up for it. Yes, here we have a plot and character thin effort which despite said flaws nonetheless balances the scales with sheer entertainment value. It has to be said that the action sequences are very well staged throughout including multiple shootouts, some Michael Bay style freeway chases and of course, capitalising on Wincott's martial arts expertise, a few decent fight scenes to. As B-movies go, this is very much a high end production; Well worth checking out me recommends.

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dvk1fan

This movie features the excellent work of a too under-rated actor and martial artist, Jeff Wincott. The cast of supporting actors is top-notch and he and the sexy Jillian McWhirter sizzle together. The action is non-stop and the special effects have you at the edge of your seat from start to finish. Wincott's character is a very cool cop who doesn't do things exactly by the book and always gets called on it, though he gets the job done. He then discovers that his jerk sargeant and the rest are all crooked. When they find out he knows, he and his wife must go on the run and get to the bottom of it before they end up like his partner...dead!! While the plot is not the most original, Jeff Wincott plays out his character is stunning flair and style. What guy wouldn't want to be Officer Kurt Bellmore? This movie is a must-see and Wincott deserves far more accolades than he gets.

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hardane

OH MY GOODNESS!!! This has to be one of the worst movies I've seen in a very long time, and I've seen some stinkers. Lassie could have done a better job editing. Bellmore was taking his wife's glasses to her at work while she's wearing them? A pump shotgun that holds about 25 rounds. Not shells mind you, regular brass rounds. This was worse than some of the Shannon Tweed movies I've seen. I would recommend avoiding this at all costs, unless you want to see how a movie shouldn't be made. It was bad, awful, garbage. As a matter of fact, it was so bad, it inspired me to write this, my only movie review ever. On any site. You'd be better off watching old Miami Vice reruns.

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