Watched The Kingdom again last night. Excellent movie....Super intense.
The most recent movie I remember seeing was Arnold's latest, The Last Stand. It was actually enjoyable for a bad action flick.
That movie was filmed here in the valley. A friend of mine is in it as a Saudi soldier. He actually had one line (in Arabic) when they were looking for evidence at the bomb site.
Mesa's claim to fame.....
Used Cars was filmed in Mesa 27 years earlier. Also Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure in the 80's. Stagecoach, Vegas Vacation, Wayne's World and other films have also shot scenes in Mesa.
What about Charro with Elvis? That had scenes filmed out by Superstition...does that count as Mesa? If so, add Jerry McGuire too.
Films shot in Arizona.
Pretty interesting compilation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_shot_in_Arizona
Psycho (1960) is the first film in Phoenix that I remember.