1993 Directed by John McTiernan
Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.
Arnold Schwarzenegger F. Murray Abraham Art Carney Charles Dance Frank McRae Tom Noonan Anthony Quinn Mercedes Ruehl Austin O'Brien Robert Prosky Ian McKellen Joan Plowright Leeza Gibbons Tina Turner Noah Emmerich Colleen Camp Danny DeVito Jean-Claude Van Damme Bridgette Wilson Michael V. Gazzo Chevy Chase Jim Belushi M.C. Hammer Little Richard Maria Shriver Angie Everhart Robert Patrick Sharon Stone Damon Wayans Show All…
There are many films wherein a character creates a false reality in order to help cope with some trauma they've suffered, a devastating break-up (Annie Hall) or a haunting death (Romancing in Thin Air). This is the only film I know wherein a character moves from a false reality to a real one in order to cope with a trauma he's suffered in the fictional world.
And of course, that catharsis is facilitated by a character (a young boy, of course) moving from the "real" world to the fictional one.
"I don't like you. You've brought me nothing but pain."
This film has the most insane amount of cheesy one liners.
This film has Professional Evil Brit Charles Dance.
This film has some unbelievably impressive action sequences.
This film completely takes the piss out of itself.
This film is about movie magic.
How can I not love this film?
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Hamlet...
Sylvester Stallone as The Terminator...
Cameos galore...
A homage to cheesy action flicks...
This might be the greatest cheesy action flick ever.
There definitely should have been a greater effort made to distinguish the look and feel of the movie and real worlds. The kid sidekick character does occasionally grate on the nerves ("Holy cow!"). And there's an entire sequence involving the funeral for a flatulent gangster which is just kind of sad. But this movie is a lot more successful and interesting than it is often given credit for.
For folks studying the field of Schwarzeneggenomics (and trust me there are A LOT of us -- okay, just me) this is one of the key texts, because Schwarzenegger interrogates his own image for us. In so many of his movies he plays characters with double lives; usually figuratively (as in TRUE…
"I'll be back! ... you always say that!"
The most self aware action comedy ever, and it stars the great Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Last Action Hero is all about the love of cheesy over the top action movies, and brilliantly pokes fun at their many many cliches. I watched this movie over and over again as a kid, before I even realized how silly all these common elements in action movies were like the huge explosions and Arnie's cheesy one liners.
The kid star of the movie Danny played by Austin O'Brien loves these action movies, and the plot get interesting when his buddy who is a projectionist gives him a magic ticket that sucks him into the newest movie. Danny…
sorry but no one can convince me this isnt an underrated masterpiece when theres a scene of arnold playing hamlet and the voice over says "theres something rotten in denmark...and he's taking out the trash!" like how is this not supposed to become one of my favorite movies???
Still one of the most enjoyable underrated movies of all time.. I'll stand by it to the day I day.. the juxtaposition of cartoon movie hero in the real world is great..
Underrated Schwarzenegger performance, he's genuinely funny and delivers all the jokes with perfect timing. Charles Dance is an awesome villain. The kid's alright, not great but certainly not the worst child actor I've seen. Overall, really good film.
don't let my 3 star rating fool you this is the best movie ever made, god has a name and his name is jack slater
(also surprisingly satirical, but it suffers from the deadpool problem where it mostly points out the cliches without doing anything to subvert them, but the scene where slater breaks down in the empty house comes close to making something amazing)
Ricordo come se fosse ieri l’estate del 1993. Ah, che estate mitica!
Avevo 12 anni ed ero partito il 7 luglio per Londra con un branco di giovinetti di età assortita capeggiati dalla mia mitica prof. di inglese delle medie. Si andava dai 12 ai 18 anni, maschi e soprattutto femmine.
La vacanza sarebbe durata la bellezza di tre settimane in un college ed era il mio primo viaggio all'estero e per giunta senza i miei genitori.
L’eccitazione era ai massimi livelli già da parecchie settimane. Mi dirvertii come non mai e ricordo che a quel tempo campeggiavano in giro per Londra i manifesti di Jurassic Park che tra l’altro la prof ci portò a vedere. Bella esperienza.
I miei,…
Good original story, lots of classic 90’s movie action and plenty of over the top Arnold Schwarzenegger. There’s not much to dislike just as long you don’t mind 2 hours of highly entertaining, yet very cheesy, one liners.
The premise is amazing and filled with meta content but the movie is a tad too long for its own good.
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