Absolutely stupid brilliance. A magnificent, reflexive, fun, schlocky "love letter" (hate the phrase but it's true!) to action films. The first hour of this is so divine, and the second half dives into strange meta-commentaries on celebrity that I had totally forgotten. Charles Dance is fantastic. And this thing is cameo city– a buncha random appearances that make you feel like they just sent a massive email to anybody who was available. Do not understand the crossover audience for some of these gags, but that just makes me love them more. A big chunk of the script for this Arnold Schwarzenegger action film is references to The Seventh Seal. For who? For me! (I have not seen The Seventh Seal. Not enough explosions.)

When the Hollywood hamster wheel gets down to redoing films that were both critically and commercially panned, I would like to be in charge of writing this reboot! Okay, thank you!

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?

Bad Blu-Ray. Great film! :)

"To be, or not to be? Not to be."

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."

me but instead of bringing an action hero to life it’s the kids from cyberchase

This movie cannot make up its mind on what it wants to be, unlike me on Halloween in 1997 when I melded my Captain Hook costume from the past three years with my Foxy Loxy costume from our spring ‘97 kindergarten play, “The Sky is Falling!”. Captain Fox, I called him, and told my mother he was what the fox from the Richard Scarry cartoon I liked was for Halloween, cementing it as a legitimate cosplay. For years, I thought I convinced my mother that I had dressed as a real character. Looking back, I now know she was simply humoring me, in the same way a mom says something is “silly” whenever you’re trying to do some comedy for her. No, mother, my Fletcher (Liar Liar, ‘97) impression is not “silly”, it is straight up funny!

Worst part is that in 2019 this kid probably has a popular youtube channel where he points out plot-holes and inaccuracies in movies.

One of the better satire films I have ever seen. This movie is so meta and self aware it’s incredibly entertaining, more so then your average action film. This film has so many call backs, cameos, and pop culture references it’s perfect for movie fans. Really underrated Arnold role, he’s so damn funny.

Not surprised it bombed at the box office. This film is suited more for 2020s then the 1990s. Plot holes, incoherent story line, and way to much “omg I’m in a movie” bit really drag this down. Would recommend nevertheless

Cinema Paradiso + 21 Jump Street + Adaptation + Deadpool

it's not really possible to realize just how smart this movie actually is until u finish, as it works at trying to deceive the audience into thinking otherwise. each act is both distinctly hilarious in addition to complementing the previous acts in almost unbelievably exceeding fashion, building into an uproariously meta crescendo of overall movie brilliance. RUBBER BABY BUGGY BUMPERS

AND THE AMADEUS REFERENCES 🤤🤤

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.

I think I’m going to write Jack Slater V just for kicks.

If you're being picky, perhaps the final scenes are too much of a change of pace, but really, this is fantastic. Fun, self aware, cleverly satirical, and probably very difficult to beat for some time to come.

To be or Not to be...
NOT TO BE!

Last Action Hero ist ein interessanter Film, der sich bei seiner Tonalität nicht so recht sicher ist und etwas aus der Reihe von Schwarzenegger Filmen tanzt. Ich finde man merkt schon, dass der Film deutlich härter angelegt war, als das familienfreundliche Resultat, was am Ende dabei raus gekommen ist. Ein Schwarzenegger in seiner Hochzeit, mit Meta-Anspielung auf Fiktion, Unterhaltung und Kino hätte deutlich mehr Potential gehabt. Die Diskrepanz zwischen Klamauk und harter Action ist aber an der einen oder anderen Stelle viel zu groß. Der Film macht jedoch immer noch viel Freude. Vielleicht war er mit seiner Ironie und Meta-Humor noch etwas zu früh dran. Wenn man sich heutige Blockbuster anschaut, wäre ein Last Action Hero schon eher vorstellbar und vermutlich auch erfolgreicher - mit der ein oder anderen Anpassung versteht sich (Stichwort Cast des Kinderstars).

I always remembered loving this film as a kid and low & behold, it actually holds up remarkably well. A lovingly crafted satire of action comedies, smartly written with a huge attention to detail. Schwarzenegger is having so much fun here it’s infectious, the man’s a fucking gem. The kid’s great too, very endearing & never annoying. Plus even though it’s essentially a spoof the action is on par, if not better than its contemporaries. I mean it’s the same dude who made Predator & Die Hard so you’re in for a good time. CHECK IT OUT

While paving the way for something that Edgar Wright would make years later, McTiernan's action satire doesn't have quite enough humor that hits to make it move like it should. McTiernan probably wasn't the right guy for the job. Still, the cast is great and it is a great concept. Trimming some bloat would also do wonders.

Gostinho de infancia

I've totally come around on Last Action Hero...after multiple force feeds, I've come to the conclusion that this is a masterpiece.

I'd always missed that Die Hard musical cue in the past...it's those sorts of touches that really bumped it up on this viewing.

Kino+ Hausaufgabe #2
Komödien-Schwarzenegger in Höchstform, dazu coole Action und unzählige oneliner... Außerdem der Traum eines jeden Kinofans...was hätte ich für dieses verdammte magische Ticket gegeben.

Cheesy One liners and Big Blow Out Action sequences this film is a bit of a blast.
With some top notch production design, sick cinematography and a good screenplay this film can be fairly enjoyable.
The action sequences are explosive, throwing you back to those classic action movies where it's wacky and extravagant.
It executes the purposeful badness of it perfectly and really enjoys playing around with that making it enjoyable.
However this film is a little dated and whilst it can be fun and enjoyable with thd cheesy one liners and it's epic action, it does get a little bit boring at times. But overall it's still fairly enjoyable and can be a good watch.

When they stop the film to interview Jean-Claude Van Damme, that's like Jean-Pierre Melville's scene in Breathless.

This movie was in my opinion, ahead of its time and not well received without reason. This is an entire play on action movies and on Arnold’s niche in movies in particular, and so it succeeds in poking fun at itself and being entertaining. The script has actually aged surprisingly well considering and if you go in not expecting to watch an all-time classic, this movie will do its job well.