!["The Last Stand"](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/1c/dc/1cdcc153da4e3f72e7dba8c003d12bdc.jpg?itok=w4Zvy4PV ""The Last Stand"")
Among the new movies that were released Friday, Jan. 18 in theaters throughout the Valley is an actioner that officially welcomes Arnold Schwarzenegger back to the big screen.
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a sleepy border town sheriff who, with his inexperienced staff, is the U.S. law enforcement’s last opportunity to intercept a drug kingpin who has just escaped from an FBI prison convoy before he slips across the border forever. (R - 107 minutes)
If “The Last Stand” were any more fun, it would likely be illegal. The new actioner shoots out of the gate like a bullet with something to prove, annihilating anything and everything in its path before finally hitting the bullseye of its target - a scene in which star Arnold Schwarzenegger re-positions himself as an authentic action hero. Where else can you see a machine gun firing from the back of a school bus and a bad guy blown to bits by a flare gun? Having said that, the movie is somewhat stuck in the middle of comedy and consequences, mixing laugh-out-loud humor with vehement violence. (Grade: B)
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