He's just officially signed on to star in Jee Woon-Kim's The Last Stand, described very simply as 'a kind of western'. Sounds intriguing.
If the genre description is a little vague for you, maybe I can help you with the actual plot of the film because the official synopsis has just been released. Read this and let your action chops drool.
Schwarzenegger will be starring as Sheriff Owens, a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for one of the most daring face offs in cinema history.
How good does that sound? The fact that it is also directed by the guy behind I Saw The Devil excites me even more.
The fact that Arnold is getting back into films makes me feel very nostalgic. I hope that this works well and he can rekindle that old magic that he brought to cinema in his hayday.
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