5 Action Movies With The Last In Their Titles

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

I know I might alienate some people right off the bat by saying that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is my personal favorite of the Indiana Jones movies, but that’s the truth. For me, it has the best mixture of action, humor, and story, all coming together in perfect harmony. It’s such a wonderful conclusion to what is quite a great trilogy (even Temple of Doom isn’t bad), and it sure is a great thing that they never considered making any more of these, letting the trilogy stand on its own. Wait. They did? &%##@$* #%!#3$$^$#$%$ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade makes the list due to its Lucasfilm connection.

The Last Samurai

With a new “white guy saves Asian people” movie coming out next month with The Great Wall, it’s about time that The Last Samurai reentered the public consciousness. Tom Cruise starred in a movie about a Civil War veteran who connected with the Samurai in Japan and eventually led them into war in order to protect their culture. It’s pretty fun, contains one of the better Tom Cruise performances, and is well worth your time. It’ll also be the last good movie on this list. At least it’s not the worst X-Men film.

The Last Airbender

As we all talk about Split opening this past weekend, it’s worth remembering that M. Night Shyamalan directed an Avatar: The Last Airbender movie. It’s so, so, so bad. It spent most of the movie trying to explain itself, leaving almost no time for the stuff you want to see. The acting is bad, the story is almost nonexistent, the characters … what characters? About the only thing it had going for it are its visuals, and I’m not even sure those hold up. I mean, it wasn’t After Earth bad, but it’s pretty close.

The Last Witch Hunter

When Vin Diesel movies work, they’re a lot of fun. When they don’t, they’re pretty awful. The Last Witch Hunter is one of those. Diesel got a movie made based on his Dungeons & Dragons character – seriously! – and in doing so wound up making one of the most forgettable movies of 2015. It’s almost wall-to-wall CGI overloaded action, none of which is even remotely entertaining. And it takes itself so insufferably seriously that you just want to punch it. There are countless more movies with “The Last” in the title. What are some of your favorites? Least favorites? Credit to Nick Monroe for the idea for this list.