Last Man Standing is not what you could call one of Willis' best received flicks. It didn't break the bank at the box office, it didn't get critical acclaim, and it didn't win him any awards (hell, nothing has since "Moonlighting"). However, I love it because it's Willis doing what Willis does best.
He shows up in a Prohibition-era bootlegging town in the middle of nowhere. It's a ghost town leftover from the Wild West, but it's populated mainly by two rival gangs, one Irish, one Italian. Willis is only there to make money. So, he plays one side off the other, upping his price as he cons both gangs. Of course, since this setting combines both the violent image of the Wild West and the violent image of bootlegging mobsters, guns are involved. Heavily. Willis packs some major heat in this one, I'd be afraid if he just waved an empty clip at me.
My favorite scene takes place in his room at the Saloon. He's being "serviced" by one of the only remaining "professional women" left in town, when all of a sudden, the doors gets busted down and two guys enter, guns a-blazing. Willis hops off the chick, and on his way to the floor, grabs his guns and takes both guys out. Willis is awesome. He killed two men while he was naked.
There's a very poignant line about Willis in this movie. He's been captured by the Irish, and they went to town on him. They beat him, clubbed him, kicked him, and punched him silly. As Willis tries to stay conscious, Christopher Walken (one of THE best bad guys ever) looks down at the broken and bloody man and says, "He's nothing without a gun." I thought this line was pure genius, since I've heard many times that Bruce Willis is only entertaining when he's shooting ten guys at once. It was a great way of satirizing Willis' reputation.
See this movie. It's way too underrated.
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