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Last Action Hero (1993)

PG-1306/18/1993Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Family2h 11m
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This isn't the movies anymore.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Jack Slater / Self

  2. Cast 1

    Austin O'Brien

    Danny Madigan

  3. Cast 1

    Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

    Whitney / Meredith

  4. Cast 1

    F. Murray Abraham

    John Practice

  5. Cast 1

    Art Carney

    Frank

  6. Cast 1

    Charles Dance

    Benedict

  7. Cast 1

    Frank McRae

    Lieutenant Dekker

  8. Cast 1

    Tom Noonan

    Ripper / Tommy Noonan

  9. Cast 1

    Robert Prosky

    Nick

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, bu...