Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan takes comfort in watching action movies featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack Slater. With the help of a magic ticket, the young film fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action film character.
24 September 1944, Copenhagen, Denmark
18 October 1960, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium
28 October 1929, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, UK
26 August 1940, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
4 September 1960, New York City, New York, USA
13 December 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
18 August 1933, New York, USA
7 September 1969, Akron, Ohio, USA
4 November 1918, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
18 August 1926, New York City, New York, USA
10 October 1946, Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
30 September 1952
1940
25 December 1981, California, USA
21 August 1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 February 1965, New York City, New York, USA
3 July 1952, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
May 30, 2013
Driven less by mammoth ego and more by wild, unchecked id, "Last Action Hero" works as a riotous comedy and a rigorous case study of why we go to the movies. It's an inventive valentine made timeless by audacious shamelessness and shameless audacity.
January 01, 2000
The pulse-pounding, sizzling pull of a Die Hard is absent.
January 01, 2000
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 01, 2000
Feels like a farewell, of sorts, to Arnold.
October 09, 2014
The divergent puzzle pieces do not often fit together terribly well, in spite of their potential.
January 24, 2010
Considered a dunderheaded big-budget flop in its day, Last Action Hero looks considerably better now in its creative self-parody. [Blu-ray]
January 11, 2010
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.
March 09, 2010
Entertaining yet thoroughly uneven...
December 18, 2010
Arnold spoofs action movies, adds more violence.
December 15, 2009
awful
January 01, 2000
There is a lot of action in Last Action Hero, but the underlying story never ever quite works.
March 21, 2014
Really would work if it ever really let audiences in what it was trying to accomplish.
