First Poster for Kim Jee-woon’s Schwarzenegger Actioner, The Last Stand

With The Expendables 2 ready to explode onto the screen this Friday, it truly marks the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger and lays the foundation for his first leading role since coming of retirement with The Last Stand.  Directed by the amazing South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon (I Saw The Devil, The Good, The Bad, The Weird), The Last Stand promises to be a classic Arnold film with some fun international flair thrown into the mix and the new poster that was released yesterday justifies that assumption.

Take a look at the poster below and click to make Arnold and his giant pistol that much bigger.

Set for a January 18, 2013, The Last Stand has a decent supporting cast with the likes of Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzman, Peter Stormare and Genesis Rodriguez backing up Arnold.

Official Plot:

“After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.

With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow.  Cortez’ path: straight through Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement, including Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) will have their final opportunity to intercept him before the violent fugitive 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 rallies his team and takes the matter into his own hands, setting the stage for a classic showdown.”

via IGN