Last Action Hero

Name: Last Action Hero
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Family
Released: 18 Jun 1993
Rating: 6.47
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney

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.

Year: 1993

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Family

Studio: Oak Productions, Columbia Pictures

Director: John McTiernan

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance

Crew: John McTiernan (Producer), Shane Black (Screenplay), David Arnott (Screenplay), Stephen J. Roth (Producer), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Executive Producer), Michael Kamen (Original Music Composer)

Runtime: 131 minutes

Release: Jun 18, 1993

IMDb: 6.47/10 by 2,771 users

Popularity: 4

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Budget: 85,000,000

Revenue: 137,300,000

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

Comment

Gimly 2018, Mar 19

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._