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The Last Action Hero (1993)

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Reviews Counted: 33

Fresh: 11

Rotten:22

Average Rating: 4.9/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Arnold Schwarzenegger and director John McTiernan join forces again in, THE LAST ACTION HERO, a heart racing thriller in which a young boy uses a magical ticket to infiltrate his favorite movie.... Arnold Schwarzenegger and director John McTiernan join forces again in, THE LAST ACTION HERO, a heart racing thriller in which a young boy uses a magical ticket to infiltrate his favorite movie. Danny (Austin O'Brien) passes through the movie screen and into the whirlwind life of crusader Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger) becoming his sidekick. But when the villains learn that they too can travel back and forth between cinema and reality, it's up to Jack Slater to put a stop their havoc wreaking. Once a character in the "Jack Slater 4" film, Danny takes on the role of Slater's sidekick, and together they combat Vivaldi (Anthony Quinn), Benedict (Charles Dance), and The Ripper (Tom Noonan), an infamous troika bent on global malice. Trouble really however, when Benedict gets a hold of Danny's magic ticket, and travels to the real world laying waste to Times Square. Jack Slater leaves his cinematic bubble and follows the villain into reality--a reality where heroes don't always win. Like a prophet armed with fire, director John McTiernan uses explosive action and booming special effects to foretell of a time when hyper reality will be achieved with the ease of buying a ticket to a movie. [More]

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, F. Murray Abraham

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance, Austin O'Brien, Tom Noonan, Sharon Stone

Director: John McTiernan

Director: John McTiernan
Screenwriter: Shane Black, William Goldman, Zak Penn
Producer: John McTiernan
Composer: Michael Kamen

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May 18, 1999

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03/26/09
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Joyless, tastelss, and soulless, Last Action Hero can't decide if it's an actioner, a comedy or a spoof.

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07/23/07
Emanuel Levy
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

No review available.

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01/25/06
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Try as I might, I can't bring myself to hate this movie

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10/28/05
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat

A loud, overproduced, chaotic and incredibly stupid action-comedy that's neither thrilling nor funny.

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10/08/05
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

No review available.

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09/28/05
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

No review available.

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08/12/05
Emanuel Levy
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08/07/05
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Yeah, it's bad ... but it's not the infernal stinkbomb we've labeled it. Heck, Ahnold himself has done worse than this!

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04/03/05
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The action film goes postmodern, with results that satisfy nobody.

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02/17/05
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

No review available.

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02/04/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Inflated action mars below par Aw-nold.

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10/30/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

A good idea that is too overblown and poorly executed.

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02/25/04
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Austin O'Brien, the child actor equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard.

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Michael Dequina
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09/29/03
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

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09/27/03
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Schwarzenegger merely goes through the familiar motions in this toothless send-up of cliched' action flicks

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05/21/03
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Almost makes it, but not quite.

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04/14/03
Alex Sandell
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