The Last Stand (in theaters Friday)

In his first leading role since leaving office as California’s reigning “Governator,” iconic movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in action at 65 with The Last Stand, the latest thriller from rising South Korean filmmaker Jee-woon Kim.

And if The Last Stand is half as fun to watch as the director’s name is to say, Schwarzenegger could have a great kick-off to his twilight years as an action hero.

The star plays a small-town, but stalwart, sheriff who becomes the last string in the net set to catch an escaped drug lord on the run and gunning for the U.S.-Mexico border.

The drug lord might be cuffed a lot sooner if it weren’t for the sheriff’s hapless subordinates, including constant cut-up Johnny Knoxville, who always complicate things for the by-the-book lawman.

Luis Guzman and Peter Stormare co-star. Rated R. Watch the trailer below: