Last Action Hero (1993)
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
- John McTiernan
- Brian W. Cook
- Carl Goldstein
- Fred Waugh
- Suzan Lowitz
- David Ticotin
- Cellin Gluck
- Vic Armstrong
- Brian W. Cook
- Dana J. Kuznetzkoff
- Bruce Moriarty
- Susan Malerstein
- Newt Arnold
- Richard Baratta
- J. Ellen Evans
- Shane Black
- David Arnott
- Zak Penn
- Adam Leff
Rating: 6.5/10 by 2702 users
Alternative Title:
Der letzte Action Held - DE
El Ultimo Gran Heroe - SV
Poslednji akcioni heroj - RS
El ultimo héroe en acción - VE
Extremely Violent - US
Den siste actionhelten - NO
Den siste actionhjälten - SE
라스트 액션 히어로 - KR
幻影英雄 - HK
幻影英雄 - TW
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 11 minutes
Budget: $85,000,000
Revenue: $137,300,000
Plot Keyword: hero, magic, villain, child in peril, film in film, breaking the fourth wall, spoof, magical object, cartoon cat, ticket, self-referential, projectionist, child's point of view, action hero, good versus evil
Having just watched this for the first time in 2018, I wonder if Arnold Schwarzenegger had intended for this to be a sort of retirement movie. It very much has that vibe, and would have worked spectacularly to that end in a fun, meta, kind of way. But for better (_Maggie_) or worse (_Terminator 3_) Arnie just keeps on sluggin' and that's the world we live in. So instead of that, I guess _Last Action Hero_ is really just a deconstruction of the over the top action movies the 80s and early 90s did with such aplomb. Is it a scathing criticism of them, or a love letter to them? I don't know, but _Last Action Hero_ works for me, and that's all I'm taking away from it. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
