Movies / Last Action Hero (1993)

7/10

Runtime: 130 min

Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy

Languages: English

Countries: USA


Jack Slater is an action-film hero played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. An old projectionist (Robert Prosky) hands a magic movie ticket to Jack's biggest preteen fan (Austin O'Brien), and the kid steps right inside the latest Jack Slater film, becoming the actor star's sidekick in gunfights and car chases. But when Jack's nemesis (Charles Dance) gets his hands on the ticket, the fight busts out into the real world and Jack (à la Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear) refuses to believe he's a fictional character. Director John McTiernan churns some nifty scenes out of this setup, although the fiction-to-reality shuffle is not as deft as in, say, Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, and the plot needs the kind of logic and discipline found in that classic when-worlds-collide film Back to the Future. Still, Schwarzenegger has moments of wit and smashing action, and we get a faux-movie trailer advertising an intriguing new shoot-'em-up: "Something's rotten in the State of Denmark--and Hamlet is taking out the trash!"


Directors (1) Credit
John McTiernan ...
Writers (4) Credit
Adam Leff (story)
David Arnott (screenplay)
Shane Black (screenplay) &
Zak Penn (story) &
Composers (1) Credit
Michael Kamen ...
Editors (2) Credit
John Wright ...
Richard A. Harris ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Dean Semler ...
Actors (77) Credit
Angie Everhart Video Babe
Anna Navarro Cop #3 in L.A. Station
Anthony Peck Cop at Ex-Wife's House
Anthony Quinn Tony Vivaldi
Apollo Dukakis Polonius
Arnold Schwarzenegger Jack Slater / Himself
Art Carney Frank
Austin O'Brien Danny Madigan
Billy D. Lucas SWAT Cop
Bobbie Brown Video Babe
Bridgette Wilson Whitney / Meredith
Bryan Hanna 'Valet' Manager (uncredited)
Charles Dance Benedict
Chevy Chase Cameo Appearance
Chris Connelly Himself (uncredited)
Christopher Sararo Sailor (uncredited)
Colleen Camp Ratcliff
Dagmar Koller Woman in Police Headquarters (uncredited)
Damon Wayans Himself
Danny DeVito Whiskers (voice) (uncredited)
Dex Elliot Sanders Mitchell
Donald C. Llorens Monoghan
Donna Borghoff Tammy, Hell's Kitchen Hooker
F. Murray Abraham John Practice
Frank McRae Lieutenant Dekker
Frank Patton Cop Touched by Death (uncredited)
Henry Kingi Vivaldi Thug Wheelman (uncredited)
Ian McKellen Death
James Belushi Himself
Janice Rivera Model (uncredited)
Jason Kelly Lieutenant Governor
Jason Menz Sailor (uncredited)
Jean-Claude Van Damme Himself
Jeffrey Braer Skeezy
Joan Plowright Teacher
John Finnegan Watch Commander
John McTiernan Sr. Cigar Stand Man
Karen Duffy Herself
Keith Barish Himself
Kevin Ula Christie L.A. Station Sergeant (uncredited)
Kim Anderson (uncredited)
Larry Ferguson Himself
Lee Reherman Krause
Leeza Gibbons Herself
Little Richard Himself
Lou Lollio Mafioso (uncredited)
Maria Shriver Herself
M.C. Hammer Himself (as Hammer)
Melvin Van Peebles Himself
Mercedes Ruehl Irene Madigan
Michael Chieffo Monroe
Michael Straka Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Michael V. Gazzo Torelli
Michael Wehrhahn Bell Boy (uncredited)
Mike Muscat Cop #1 in L.A. Station
Neriah Davis (uncredited)
Nick Dimitri Funeral Doctor
Nick Pernice Policeman (uncredited)
Noah Emmerich Rookie
Patrick Flanagan Punk
Paul Gonzales Cop #2 in L.A. Station
Persia White Herself (uncredited)
Peter Kent Maitre D' (uncredited)
Professor Toru Tanaka Tough Asian Man
R.C. Bates Rabbi
Rick Ducommun Ripper's Agent
Robert Patrick T-1000
Robert Prosky Nick
Ryan Todd Andrew Slater
Sharon Stone Catherine Tramell
Sven-Ole Thorsen Gunman
Symba Smith Model (uncredited)
Thomas Rosales Jr. Henchman (uncredited)
Tiffany Puhy Autograph Seeker
Tina Turner The Mayor
Tom Noonan Ripper / Himself
Wendle Josepher Candy Girl