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- There is a lot of action in "Last Action Hero," but the underlying story never ever quite works. From beginning to end, the movie is about its gimmick, without ever transcending it. That means that we don't much care about the fate of Jack Slater, because he is presented as a fictional movie character.
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Last Action Hero is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan and co-written by Shane Black and David Arnott. [5] It is a satire of the action genre and associated clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film. [6] The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack ...
- THE PRODUCTION ITSELF GOT META EARLY ON. Original screenwriters Zak Penn and Adam Leff wrote what would become Last Action Hero as a film that would work both as an adrenaline-fueled action ride and as a goof on adrenaline-fueled action, but the sources they drew inspiration from soon invaded the project.
- IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE SIMPSONS. Beyond the Schwarzeneggerific action flicks, Penn and Leff launched the project because of an unlikely source: Matt Groening’s irreverent cartoon.
- CARRIE FISHER, WILLIAM GOLDMAN, AND LARRY FERGUSON ALL DID REWRITES. Penn and Leff were replaced by Black and David Arnott, who were replaced by novelist and Oscar winner William Goldman (The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid).
- THE SCHEDULE DOOMED THE MOVIE FROM THE OUTSET. Regardless of any problems finding the right script (rewrites are common on all big movies), the movie had almost zero chance because there simply wasn’t enough time to make it.
Jun 18, 1993 · Last Action Hero: Directed by John McTiernan. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance. With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.
- (164K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- John McTiernan
- 1993-06-18
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Jun 18, 1993 · "Last Action Hero" has been rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It has a lot of violence, not all of it clearly simulated, and scenes in which children are shown to be in real jeopardy.
- John Mctiernan
There is a lot of action in "Last Action Hero," but the underlying story never ever quite works. From beginning to end, the movie is about its gimmick, without ever transcending it. That means that we don't much care about the fate of Jack Slater, because he is presented as a fictional movie character.
Jan 18, 2012 · Fragments of ideas sit uneasily together on the screen. A fantasy scene where Schwarzenegger’s Slater becomes Hamlet and knocks an enemy out with Yorick’s skull goes all the way back to Penn ...
