Last Man Standing
1996
With its unpaved streets and rickety buildings, Jericho, Texas is an unlikely outpost for gun-toting mobs from Chicago. But with Prohibition in full swing, tweed-suited rum-runners have corrupted and terrorized this sleepy border town. Civil law is dead. Like their bosses in the Windy City, the leaders of Jericho's rival crime .. Read more
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern, David Patrick Kelly |
|---|---|
| Director | Walter Hill |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Last Man Standing
With its unpaved streets and rickety buildings, Jericho, Texas is an unlikely outpost for gun-toting mobs from Chicago. But with Prohibition in full swing, tweed-suited rum-runners have corrupted and terrorized this sleepy border town. Civil law is dead. Like their bosses in the Windy City, the leaders of Jericho's rival crime families are warring for control of a lucrative bounty of booze: truckloads of 100-proof, making their way from Mexico to a thirsty nation's illicit network of gin joints and speakeasies. Fatefully, a mysterious loner, Smith, passes through looking for a place to spend the night, but quickly decides to cash in on the action. He cleverly hires himself out to each gang while remaining loyal to no one but himself. A soldier-of-fortune with his own agenda, he betrays both sides to the other in a bold attempt to destroy the bootleggers and rescue what remains of Jericho's shell-shocked residents. But a traitor cannot live among mercenaries without being exposed and killed.
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern, David Patrick Kelly, Alexandra Powers, Karina Lombard |
|---|---|
| Director | Walter Hill |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 37 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Sep 1999 Production year: 1996 |
| Format | DVD |
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A Hollywood Western influenced by other schools of film-making. The wit and charm of Kurosawa's original, Yojimbo, has been replaced by a raw energy and gunfights in the style of John Woo; but its glum, conscienceless protagonist lacks the style of
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Hill's remake of Kurosawa's samurai classic Yojimbo places the story in the Prohibition era, with Italian and Irish... read more on Time Out
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful
A Fist Full Of Yojimbo
That's right folks, they had the audacity to remake A Fistful Of Dollars with Bruce Willis and set it in Prohibition-era America. But wait, don't go, it's actually darned good!
Willis plays John Smith, a man on the run from various debt collectors when he stumbles accross a small town in the middle of the desert which is being fought over by the Italians and the Irish mobs for control. Smith falls foul of both and ends up playing one off against the other in true Yojimbo fashion. It's very stylishly shot and directed by Walter Hill, still one of the best directors around, and although at times guilty of sloppy pacing and over-styled editing, this film is well worth watching. Special mention to Christopher Walken as the mad as hell henchman Mr Hickey as well as a comanding and undoubtedly subtle performance from Bruce....nice. -
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Typically Bruce Willis
Willis arrives at a town run by two bootleg gangs. He is employed at first by the Italian mob (how? and then by the Irish mob. Naturally there is much gun slinging at which Willis excels, what else would you expect? Quite a good Western and worth viewing.
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