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Last Man Standing
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6.4John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
Cast
- Bruce Willis as John Smith
- Bruce Dern as Sheriff Ed Galt
- William Sanderson as Joe Monday
- Christopher Walken as Hickey
- David Patrick Kelly as Doyle
- Karina Lombard as Felina
Themes
- prohibition era
- texas
- gang war
- whiskey
- on the run
- mafia
- hired gun
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
63,243 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
42%
Metacritic
44/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Walter Hill
- Screenplay by
- Walter Hill
- Based on
- Yojimbo , (1961 film), by Ryūzō Kikushima , Akira Kurosawa
- Produced by
- Walter Hill Arthur M. Sarkissian
- Starring
- Bruce Willis Christopher Walken Alexandra Powers David Patrick Kelly Karina Lombard Bruce Dern
- Cinematography
- Lloyd Ahern
- Edited by
- Freeman A. Davies
- Music by
- Ry Cooder
- Production company
- Lone Wolf
- Distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- Release date
- September 20, 1996 ( 1996-09-20 )
- Running time
- 101 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $67 million
- Box office
- $47.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Last Man Standing is a 1996 American neo-Western action film written, produced and directed by Walter Hill. It stars Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken and Bruce Dern. The film is a remake of the 1961 Japanese film Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa, relocated to the Prohibition-era American South. In the film, a mysterious gunman (Willis) arrives in a small town ruled by rivaling gangs, and sets up about playing them against each other.
The film was released by New Line Cinema on September 20, 1996. It received mixed reviews and was a commercial disappointment.
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