Why do you think this movie bombed?

I actually like the movie. I own the DVD. Having said that, I can understand why the critics hated it and why it didn't do well. I always thought the movie had a somewhat predictable plot and the dialogue was too shallow. Too many one liners. It also portrayed organized crime as pretty disorganized. It just seemed like there was way too much invested in the movie to allow that to happen.

I really liked the movie myself, but there were some glaring technical errors that bothered me. I'm a fan of shooting in general and handguns specifically, so I tend to notice when they really go out of bounds in movies. It would have bothered me if he had fired 13-14 rounds from those 7-rd Colt mags, but he was routinely going through 30 or 40 rounds before reloading! Makes my head hurt.

Other than that, I have to agree with the post above. It was also veeerrry slow in places.

PS: to counter the "infinite ammo" glitch, I really liked the 2-handed simultaneous reload. Very cool looking.

B/c its stupid, everyone in it talks way too much and the plot plays too fast.

that being said, it reminds me an awful lot of U-Turn, how funny, nothin's original in hollywood, male hero, whore woman

Down the rabbit-hole I GO…
what I’ll find no one knows

In the UK at least the critics took it very seriously, it was the main piece in the guardian G2 that weekend. Which was probably the main problem - the pulp element mixed with serious film making was no longer in vogue.

As a result, every perceived flaw was endlessly discussed. The voiceover, the lack of context for Smith, all were turned into weapons against a film that didn't appease lovers of Walter's earlier films (which were often now over-mythologised against their original box office showing) by critics who expected a more straight ahead actioner from him.

It's a masterpiece for me and the best post-western gunslinger there has ever been.

It's a decent movie, but the plot is rather pedestrian and indeed, as others have said there's too many plot holes and not enough explanation for why the various characters do what they do. That, and they went for a stylized atmosphere but it came off as boring and vacant rather than pulpy.

It bombed because it's a remake of two other movies, both of which are better. "Last Man Standing" is a remake of "Fistful of Dollars", which is a remake of "Yojimbo", which itself is adapted from a novel. Any time something is reworked that many times, it gets watered down. Not to say that I don't like "Last Man Standing", I do. Bruce Willis is always at his best when he's getting his ass kicked and shooting everything in sight. And Christopher Walken is, well, christopher Walken. But there's a difference between homage and rip-off, and this leans toward the latter.

"If I'm not gonna be part of the greatest, I gotta be the greatest myself."- Busta Rhymes

[deleted]

For me the off comments are unintentionally funny and pretentious and the gun fights are cheesy, because everyone seems to have at least one dozen of bullets in his magazines.


Please excuse my not so good English.


"Hooters, hooters, yum yum yum,
Hooters, hooters, on a girl that´s dumb!"
The Bundy credo