Last Action Hero

1993 131 min ★ 6.5 Fantasy, Action, Comedy

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.

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Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Jack Slater / Self

Austin O'Brien

Danny Madigan

Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

Whitney / Meredith

F. Murray Abraham

John Practice

Art Carney

Frank

Charles Dance

Benedict

Frank McRae

Lieutenant Dekker

Tom Noonan

Ripper / Tommy Noonan

Robert Prosky

Nick

Anthony Quinn

Tony Vivaldi

Details

Director

John McTiernan

Screenplay

Shane Black

Tagline

"This isn't the movies anymore."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$85,000,000

Revenue

$137,298,489

Production

Oak Productions, Columbia Pictures

Reviews

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Gimly

March 19, 2018

★ 6/10

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 A...