Last Action Hero (1993)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 40
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 25
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 5
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 2.6/5
User Ratings: 176,781
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Movie Info
Arnold Schwarzenegger appears as a pumped-up Shakespearian hero while an announcer bellows, "Something is rotten in Denmark -- and Hamlet is taking out the trash!" This gag sets the stage for the post-modernist action epic The Last Action Hero. The film concerns Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien), a lonely eleven-year-old boy who escapes from his bleak New York City reality by glorying in the action adventure movies of his favorite film character, Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Danny's friend
Jun 18, 1993 Wide
Sep 16, 1997
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sergeant Jack Slater -
Austin O'Brien
Danny Madigan -
F Murray Abraham
John Practice -
Art Carney
Frank -
Frank McRae
Dekker -
Anthony Quinn
Tony Vivaldi -
Charles Dance
Benedict -
Tom Noonan
Ripper -
Robert Prosky
Nick -
Mercedes Ruehl
Mom -
Ian McKellen
Death -
Prof. Toru Tanaka
Tough Asian Man -
Joan Plowright
Teacher -
Noah Emmerich
Rookie -
Tina Turner
The Mayor -
Bridgette Wilson
Whitney/Meredith -
Robert Patrick
T-1000 (uncredited) -
Sharon Stone
Catherine Tramell -
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Colleen Camp
Ratcliff -
Michael Chieffo
Monroe -
Timothy Dalton
Himself [uncredited] -
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Danny DeVito
Whiskers -
Nick Dimitri
Doctor Funeral -
Rick Ducommun
Ripper's Agent -
John Finnegan
Watch Commander -
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Michael Vincente Gazzo
Torelli -
Billy Lucas
SWAT Cop -
John McTiernan Sr.
Cigar Stand Man -
Mike Muscat
Cop in Los Angeles Stat... -
Sven Ole Thorsen
Gunman -
Anthony Peck
Cop at Ex-Wife's House -
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Ryan Todd
Andrew Slater -
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Anna Navarro
Cop in Station -
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Angie Everhart
Video Babe -
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All Critics (43) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (25) | DVD (12)
There is a lot of action in Last Action Hero, but the underlying story never ever quite works.
Top CriticThe pulse-pounding, sizzling pull of a Die Hard is absent.
Even if this intermixing of kid fantasy and adult shoot'em-up, Hollywood insider jokes and cheap Arnold puns, doesn't completely bowl you over, it's clever and intriguing.
Feels like a farewell, of sorts, to Arnold.
Arnold spoofs action movies, adds more violence.
Entertaining yet thoroughly uneven...
Considered a dunderheaded big-budget flop in its day, Last Action Hero looks considerably better now in its creative self-parody. [Blu-ray]
It makes more than its share of missteps, yet the core of this action lampoon delivers a decent portion of laughs and mischief, giving Schwarzenegger and McTiernan an occasion to make fun of themselves while raising a little hell.
awful
Joyless, tastelss, and soulless, Last Action Hero can't decide if it's an actioner, a comedy or a spoof.
Try as I might, I can't bring myself to hate this movie
A loud, overproduced, chaotic and incredibly stupid action-comedy that's neither thrilling nor funny.
Yeah, it's bad ... but it's not the infernal stinkbomb we've labeled it. Heck, Ahnold himself has done worse than this!
The action film goes postmodern, with results that satisfy nobody.
Inflated action mars below par Aw-nold.
A good idea that is too overblown and poorly executed.
Austin O'Brien, the child actor equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard.
Audience Reviews for Last Action Hero
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Super Reviewer
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- Sergeant Jack Slater: Don't give up your day job.
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- Sergeant Jack Slater: Could I speak to the drug dealer of the house, please?
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Foreign Titles
- The Last Action Hero (UK)
