Official "Last Stand" Photos Finally Released! The Trailer is Coming

At long last, officially released high-res photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Last Stand" are coming out of the Lionsgate vault! USA Today premiered the first image this morning just showing The Oak wearing some cool shades. Hours later, Schwarzenegger.com premiered the photo that would excite all: a hero covered in blood! Pictured: Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) and Sheriff Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

“The Last Stand" hits theaters on January 18, 2013 and we understand the trailer will most likely be attached to the August 17rth release of "The Expendables 2"! We have a friend on the inside who tells TAFs that the trailer is official cut and it looks awesome! So it's not like the studio and editors are sitting on their butts. They have in fact completed the high-octane trailer and it's said to be amazing! Get ready!

Schwarzenegger is Sheriff Ray Owens, a former Los Angeles police officer who has resigned himself to fighting small crime in a sleepy border town. But his law-enforcing slow lane is invaded by a notorious drug kingpin who escapes custody and speeds his way to the U.S.-Mexican border with his lethal gang — straight through Owens' Summerton Junction.

USA Today reports:

The sheriff "hasn't had to flex his muscles in a while," Schwarzenegger says by e-mail. "So when the gangsters come to town, it's a big test."

The test is made all the more difficult by Summerton Junction's comically inexperienced local force, instantly overmatched by the drug lord's firepower. "Johnny Knoxville's character gets deputized to the force," says di Bonaventura. "That's how desperate they are."

This leaves most of the real fighting to Schwarzenegger in the screen battle helmed by Korean director Jee-woon Kim, making his English-language premiere.

"I guess I could have started slow and eased into it," Schwarzenegger adds. "But it felt amazing to be back jumping off buildings, seeing huge explosions, getting in car chases and throwing punches."

But at age 65, Schwarzenegger is no longer the Terminator. Likewise, his Last Stand sheriff visibly feels the pain of the battle.

"When he leaps and tackles someone, it's not simple to get back up," di Bonaventura says. "You see a new side of him."

"He doesn't feel indestructible," the producer adds.

In fact, after one tumble, Schwarzenegger gets up and mumbles, "I feel old" — unthinkable words from the '80s screen hero.

"You're rooting for him more because he's more like us," di Bonaventura says. "And he gets up and keeps on going. When he needs to be Arnold, he's Arnold."

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