Last Action Hero (Blu-ray) (1993)

Editor's Note 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.

	Charles Dance
	Mercedes Ruehl
	Sharon Stone
	Art Carney
	Arnold Schwarzenegger
	F. Murray Abraham
	Anthony Quinn
	Tom Noonan
	Austin O'Brien
	John McTiernan - Producer
	Michael Kamen - Composer
	Shane Black - Screenwriter
	William Goldman - Screenwriter
	Zak Penn - Screenwriter
	John McTiernan - Director

"I don't really like you. You've brought me nothing but pain."----Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to Arnold Schwarzenegger

Total Film
"...Rather smart....[With] some truly original and bizarro action scenes..." 12/01/2003 p.47