Wincott and McWhirter star as a cop and his banker wife, caught in a crossfire between a gang of robbers who clean Los Angeles' vaults and the husband's corrupt colleagues, who are in league with the bandits.

Detective Kurt Bellmore and his partner "Doc" Kane are called for a disturbance at a high rise hotel, which turns out to be a contentious meeting between Snake and one of his associates over the split of their latest bank haul.

During a conversation between the two cops and their superior, Lieutenant Darnell Seagrove, Bellmore asks about the whereabouts of some $200,000 in cash, which Snake left behind when he fled his hotel suite.

But after PM's location scouts visited Shoreline Drive, they saw the unique value offered by such a wide road, built against a rich urban backdrop and where explosions could be staged.

Thanks to its six-lane design and comparatively light traffic, Long Beach authorities had no problem closing four lanes for five days, rerouting the cars towards the remaining two.

[1][4] Last Man Standing was the first PM project where stunt coordinator duties were assigned to future company regular Spiro Razatos, who also served as second unit co-director.

[11] Last Man Standing is often regarded as a defining example of the 1990s era of independent action films primarily made for the home video and cable markets.

[12] Writing in VideoScope, veteran genre critic Joe Kane opined that "the action specialists at PM—the guys who put the car in carnage—again deliver big screen thrills on a home vid budget.