Every Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Ranked Worst To Best

14. The Last Stand

The Last Stand Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lionsgate

If Sabotage is one of Arnold's less-crowd-pleasing post-Governorship jaunts, then The Last Stand is the exact opposite - a nice, pleasant return to leading man status, wherein he plays a small-town sheriff forced to take on a drug lord fugitive and his band of cartel cronies.

Kim Jee-woon's film is fast and functional, while Arnold himself seems to be relishing his homecoming event, playing with his age and finding his footing as an action lead once more. It's not quite as expansive or as ceremonious as it arguably should be, but The Last Stand still succeeds by bringing some always-appreciated neo-Western vibes to the table, and matching Schwarzenegger with a solid cast of supporting players.

Content Producer/Presenter

WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.