It is a credited remake of akira kurosawas yojimbo. It contains elements that are often found in entertainmentsthings like guns, gangs and spectacular displays of deathbut here they crouch on the screen and growl at the audience. Roo marcus has recently been released from the inhumane conditions of a mental institution and enters into the world of underground bareknuckle fighting. Lori stilson background last man standing is one of many film adaptations of the classic manplayingtwocorruptfactionsagainsttheother story that. With bruce willis, radha mitchell, ving rhames, rosamund pike. Then, having learned about doyles infatuation with beautiful felina karina lombard, smith uses her to push both bosses into full. Willis s career began in television in 1984, most notably as david addison in moonlighting 19851989, and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. A new film, lone survivor, an actiondrama starring mark wahlberg, eric bana, taylor kitsch, emile hirsch and ben foster, tells the story of that operation and the four navy seals sent on a covert mission in 2005 to neutralize a highlevel alqaeda operative. Last man stading,pelicula completa,latino8 duration. If you enjoy bruce willis, gun fights and the classic 1930s gangster venue then you will enjoy last man standing. However, he is quick to trade information to strozzis rival, doyle david patrick kelly.
The story line is typical of a bad guy doing bad things for the better good but in the end you can not help but be proud to have spend some time with bruce. Bruce willis 16 blocks, the last boy scout, last man standing, the whole nine yards various actor, director format. Last man standing is a 1996 action drama directed by walter hill and starring bruce willis as john smith, a gunslingerforhire during the prohibition era who stumbles upon a ongoing war between the irish and italian mafia in a small texas town near the mexico border. It is a credited remake of akira kurosawa s yojimbo. Last man standing 1996 bruce willis as john smith imdb.
Set in prohibitionera west texas, last man standing has the atmosphere of pulp fiction gumshoe hardboiled noir and the sardonic, stylised voiceover to match. Last man standing is such a desperately cheerless film, so dry and laconic and wrung out, that you wonder if the filmmakers ever thought that in any way it could be. Last man standing was released under various other titles in different regions including circle man and. For reasons unknown and largely beyond comprehension producers rejected elmer bernsteins completed score for walter hills 1996 yojimbo remake last man standing in favor of an inappropriate electronic score by the otherwise unimpeachable ry cooder. Last i heard you were gonna have a talk with some fellas. Bruce willis stars as the drifter who comes to town and takes on the mob that is controlled by christopher walken. He plays a fearsome man named hickey, the gravelvoiced, scarfaced, tommyguntoting mean right hand of the irish gang in an irishitalian war.
Last man standing 1996 bruce willis, bruce dern, william. Bruce willis is an american actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, and screenwriter. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more. Last man standing is a 1987 actionhorror film directed by damian lee. Elmer bernsteinry cooder sergio leones 1964 a fistful of dollars with clint eastwood was an adequate american interpretation of akira kurosawas yojimbo from three years prior, though for some reason, director walter hill decided to make the same adaptation once again in the 1990 s. Last man standing 1996 bruce willis, bruce dern duration. Last man standings plot is almost a straight retelling of akira kuwasawas yojimbo, though bruce willis in the lead role makes the character a bit more morally vacant than mifunes protagonist.
Hill moves the setting up by another few decades into the prohibition. The dvd includes english as well as french subtitles. With bruce willis, bruce dern, william sanderson, christopher walken. Alex litvak, whose previous credits include predators and last. Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others surrogates. Its 1931 and two chicagobased gangs, one led by doyle david patrick kelly and the other by strozzi ned eisenberg, are competing for bootlegging dominance during this prohibition era. Last man standing is a 1996 american action film written and directed by walter hill and starring bruce willis, christopher walken, and bruce dern. Last man standing original motion picture soundtrack. Tv series, a 20112017, 2018 sitcom starring tim allen and nancy travis. Last man standing 1996 loyal to nobody but himself, john smith bruce willis hires his services out to fredo strozzi ned eisenberg, a bootlegging. He rolls into a town in the middle of nowhere only to find that that town is controlled by its own mob. Bruce willis ultimate last man standing harryangelcarolrourke. Rent last man standing 1996 starring bruce willis and bruce dern on dvd and bluray. Bruce willis signs on to bodyguard action flick five.
See more ideas about bruce willis, i movie and good movies. Last man standing 1996 cast and crew loyal to nobody but himself, john smith bruce willis hires his services out to fredo strozzi ned eisenberg, a bootlegging gangster who operates in a. Bruce willis playing john smith in last man standing. See more ideas about bruce willis, i movie and movies. Loyal to nobody but himself, john smith bruce willis hires his services out to fredo strozzi ned eisenberg, a bootlegging gangster who operates in a drab texas town. A lone man bruce willis, who goes by the alias john smith, drives into the small dusty town of jericho and into the middle of a bootlegging feud. Willis will play a role in five against a bullet, a bodyguard actionthriller. Actor, musician and even producer of american movies bruce willis actually walter bruce willison was born on 19 march 1955 in idaroberstein west germany as an oldest son of david and marlene willistons four children, a group that includes three sons and a daughter david, robert and florence willis. A stranger comes to a town of warring factions in this instance, irish and italian mobsters in prohibition era texas. Since both versions have been released, its possible to compare them side by side, although its difficult to fathom. A badass rambler bruce willis with a weakspot for women in trouble plays two rival gangs against each other for fun and profit in. This articles plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The film was inspired by the japanese samurai film yojimbo the following weapons were used in the film.
Last man standing uk tv series, a 20072008 reality series. A drifting gunslingerforhire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the irish and italian mafia in a prohibition era ghost town. Rent last man standing 1996 on dvd and bluray netflix. The movie might be not very good but the shootouts are just awesome. Bruce willis is the last man standing in the american remake of the kurosawa classic yojimbo. Both bruce willis and christopher walken turn in their typical, quirky, charismatic performances in a film which aims a little higher than the average shoot em up. The story follows a gun for hire who decides to take. Last man standing is a 1996 american action thriller film, last man standing was written and directed by walter hill and starring bruce willis, christopher. Politics, texas style, a 2004 documentary film aired as an. Last man standing is a television thriller directed by ernest dickerson. Best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Jeff wincott, jillian mcwhirter, jonathan fuller cop finds himself caught between an organzed crime gang and a ring of crooked cops. Vitals bruce willis as john smith, mysterious mob gunforhire texas, summer 1931 film. Last man standing is the story of a gangster who has left his hard life behind.
Watch last man standing online stream full movie directv. Walter hills last man standing is an overlooked action masterpiece that perfectly blends the western and the gangster film. Last man standing, a canadian reality television series featuring ice hockey. Bruce willis in some amazing gunfight sequences from last man standing. Last man standing 1996 starring bruce willis youtube. Walter hills update of classic spaghetti westerns,last man standing, comes to dvd with a pair of transfers. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.