Un pistolero se encuentra en medio de una guerra entre la mafia irlandesa e italiana en un pueblo fantasma de la época de la Prohibición.Un pistolero se encuentra en medio de una guerra entre la mafia irlandesa e italiana en un pueblo fantasma de la época de la Prohibición.Un pistolero se encuentra en medio de una guerra entre la mafia irlandesa e italiana en un pueblo fantasma de la época de la Prohibición.
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¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesThis movie, like Por un puñado de dólares (1964), is a retelling of the story in Yojimbo (1961), which is itself based on Dashiell Hammett's 1927 novel "Red Harvest".
- PifiasSmith carries two Colt 45. s that hold 7+1 rounds or 14+2 rounds. Smith fires way more bullets than that.
- Citas
Capt. Tom Pickett: Things in this town are out of control. Two gangs is just one too many. I'm not an idealist. I know a lot of things that people do are awful low, but that's between them and God. Do you believe in God? I believe in God, son. But what I'm concerned with is keeping a lid on things, and what we got here in Jericho is just way out of hand, and Sheriff Galt here can't do much about it, right? Matter of fact, it might be fair to say that he's part of the problem, right? Now you been going back and forth playing both sides according to Mr. Galt, here, making yourself a lot of money out of all this. Well, it's over, son. I'm coming back here in ten days, and I'm gonna bring about 20 rangers with me. I will tolerate one gang because that is the nature of things. A certain amount of corruption is inevitable. But if I find two gangs here when I get back, then in a couple of hours there will be no gangs here. So it's simple. One gang quits and goes home. You boys work it out. I don't give a damn which one.
John Smith: Just so long as one side leaves or maybe one side loses.
Capt. Tom Pickett: That's fine, too, son. Kill as many as you want. Just don't kill no innocent people around here. I wouldn't like that.
Since then, I have watched all the films several times. Now is as good a time as any to reflect on the matter again.
The Last Man Standing does not hold up as well as I had hoped; the saturated sepia tones of the film now appear to be a mannerist affectation. It was certainly a transitional film for Willis - the role is pretty heavy - but the Sixth Sense rewrote the book on Willis far better than any of his other off-cast roles could, since (unlike the others) it never made any pretense at being an action film. The voice over is a little pretentious. And its clear that Hill let the Gothic tone of the film overwhelm his efforts at black comedy. And oddly enough, despite its violence the film could use more action.
Yet the film remains historically important, if nothing else, because it now appears to have been the last of a cycle. Although even Jean-Claude Van Damme actually appeared in a "Yojumbo" clone - "Desert Heat" - and there have been other attempts to revive Hammett's essential narrative (e.g. the "Doom" robot film by Albert Pyun) the fact remains that the nameless outsider quick on the draw is fast slipping into the realm of pure 20th century myth. He doesn't really belong in the era of Computer graphics, invasions of Iraq, wars against non-existent terrorism. His blood is part whiskey, but it's human blood; and he may be a killer, but he won't be a party to genocide. He's too real, and yet too good, for the 21st century rushing in on us.
I take the darkly sepia-toned Last Man Standing as a final farewell to a hero of the previous century, just as Hitchcock's 39 Steps effectively said farewell to the romantic adventurer of the 19th century. Every era has its heroes; and it is sad that Sanjuro/John Smith/the Man with No Name can no longer be one of ours. It's probably too much to ask, but hopefully someone better - or at least as good - will come along.
-E. J. Winner.
- winner55
- 25 jun 2006
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- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idiomas
- Títulos en diferentes países
- Last Man Standing
- Localizaciones del rodaje
- Empresas productoras
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- Presupuesto
- 67.000.000 US$ (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 18.115.927 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 7.010.333 US$
- 22 sept 1996
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 47.267.001 US$
- Duración1 hora 41 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1