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Last Action Hero

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance View All


Crew

John McTiernan (Director), Shane Black (Screenplay), Zak Penn (Story), Adam Leff (Story) View All

Release: Jun. 18th, 1993
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes
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.
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16 Is Last Action Hero (1993) underrated?
I use to not like the movie when I was younger. I like how it started out, but didn't like the third act Jack Slater goes into the real world and things got too ridiculous cause they are wanting to b...

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TheUsualSuspect
The film plays up on the ridiculousness of action films.
Rockatansky
(The fact that he's also a great immigrant success story likely plays into this as well.) That being said, it's not as if his movies never challenged him, and Total Recall interrogates our identification with him and subverts the fantasy elements his movies represent.
Gideon58
The screenwriters, including Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) have the germ of a really good idea, an affectionate valentine to the action movie that never lets you forget that you're watching a movie and addresses all those cliches that have driven us crazy over the years about action films like a....


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