The Last Stand is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzmán, Eduardo Noriega, Peter Stormare, Zach Gilford, and Genesis Rodriguez. The film stars Schwarzenegger as a sheriff who attempts to stop a dangerous drug lord from escaping to Mexico through his small town. The film was Schwarzenegger's first starring role since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), and Kim's first English-language film. Filming took place in Belen, New Mexico and Nevada in late 2011.