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Last Action Hero (1993)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 40
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 25

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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 5

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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

PG-13, 2 hr. 11 min.

Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: John McTiernan

Written By: Shane Black, William Goldman, Zak Penn

In Theaters: Jun 18, 1993 Wide

On DVD: Sep 16, 1997

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

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
Adam Ant
Morgan Brittany
James Cameron
Colleen Camp
Ratcliff
Michael Chieffo
Monroe
Timothy Dalton
Himself [uncredited]
Tony Danza
Danny DeVito
Whiskers
Nick Dimitri
Doctor Funeral
Rick Ducommun
Ripper's Agent
John Finnegan
Watch Commander
Edward Furlong
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
Tori Spelling
Ryan Todd
Andrew Slater
Tony Curtis
Anna Navarro
Cop in Station
Jane Jenkins
Janet Hirshenson
Angie Everhart
Video Babe
Christopher Connelly

Critic Reviews for Last Action Hero

All Critics (43) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (25) | DVD (12)

There is a lot of action in Last Action Hero, but the underlying story never ever quite works.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

The pulse-pounding, sizzling pull of a Die Hard is absent.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

Feels like a farewell, of sorts, to Arnold.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Hal Hinson

Washington Post

Top Critic

Arnold spoofs action movies, adds more violence.

December 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

Entertaining yet thoroughly uneven...

March 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Considered a dunderheaded big-budget flop in its day, Last Action Hero looks considerably better now in its creative self-parody. [Blu-ray]

January 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

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.

January 11, 2010 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

awful

December 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Pete Croatto

Filmcritic.com

Joyless, tastelss, and soulless, Last Action Hero can't decide if it's an actioner, a comedy or a spoof.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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

October 28, 2005 Comment

Pete Vonder Haar

Film Threat

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

October 8, 2005 Comment (1)

Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

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

April 3, 2005 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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

February 17, 2005 Comment

Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Inflated action mars below par Aw-nold.

October 30, 2004 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

A good idea that is too overblown and poorly executed.

February 25, 2004 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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

January 4, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

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I thought that this film could've been handled a little better than it could've with Schwarzenneggers standards, but its very entertaining. The main character does a good job as being a kid with a disfunctional life, a mom who's never hardly around, no dad and the closest father figure being a theater custodian played

November 28, 2010

Michael Edwards

Super Reviewer

A somewhat cheesy kids movie, but it's very funny. I really liked Schwarzenegger in this movie, he's very cool. I enjoyed this movie, it's good.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

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