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Plot summary
A narcotics operation in Los Angeles went wrong, and Ray Owens settles in the quiet border town of Sommerton Junction, Arizona, as its sheriff. His deputies Jerry Bailey, Sarah Torrance, and Mike Figuerola handle the minor crimes, from the mayor's illegal parking to the guns of collector Lewis Dinkum. In Las Vegas, henchmen break international drug lord Gabriel Cortez out of an FBI transport, and he flees in a modified Corvette with Agent Ellen Richards as a hostage. His mercenaries clear the route, and Agent John Bannister loses track of him. When Owens and his deputies check on a farmer who missed a delivery, tracks lead them to armed men in the canyon that marks the Mexican border.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Last Stand (2013)
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- Liam Neeson was considered for the lead, but after he passed on it in 2011 Lionsgate offered the project to Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had just ended his tenure as Governor of California. His casting was confirmed in July 2011.
- For Cortez's escape car the production picked a Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1, advertised as "the fastest car in a straight line ever made". Chevrolet supplied seven of each model, and the Camaro dragged on top of the Corvette had all its insides removed to make it lighter.
- A 24-acre cornfield outside Albuquerque was bought to serve as the scenery for the climactic chase at the end of the film, and that same field was later added into the background of the Sommerton scenes.
- The producers wanted to film in Downtown Las Vegas, but found downtown Albuquerque visually similar and shot there instead, adding the Las Vegas Strip into the background during post-production.
