Last Action Hero (1993)

Director:

John McTiernan

Writers (WGA):

Zak Penn (story) &
Adam Leff (story) ...

Release Date:

18 June 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Did Someone Say Action? [Theatrical]

Plot:

A young movie fan gets thrown into the movie world of his favourite action film character.

Plot Keywords:

Ticket | Hero | Magic | Projectionist | Action Hero

Awards:

14 nominations

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Jack Slater / Himself
F. Murray Abraham	...	John Practice
Austin O'Brien	...	Danny Madigan
Art Carney	...	Frank
Charles Dance	...	Benedict
Frank McRae	...	Lieutenant Dekker
Tom Noonan	...	Ripper / Himself
Robert Prosky	...	Nick
Anthony Quinn	...	Tony Vivaldi
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Irene Madigan
Ian McKellen	...	Death
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Tough Asian Man
Joan Plowright	...	Teacher
Jason Kelly	...	Lieutenant Governor
Noah Emmerich	...	Rookie

Also Known As:

Extremely Violent (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | SDDS (8 channels) (35 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Finland:K-14 (re-rating) | Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #32089) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

1100 block of Angelina Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The scenes that's playing on the TV monitor in the Blockbuster store, are from the movie Thunderheart (1992).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the house explodes (Jack's favorite second cousin) you can clearly see the hydraulic jack popping up to flip one of the police cars into the air.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dekker: This is one hell of a way to spend Christmas...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Married with Children: Banking on Marcy (#8.5)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

What the Hell Have I

Underrated

What can I say? A lot of people looked at this as a cheap Arnold action movie, and while it's not a great film it's certainly a good one with a very good concept. The intentional continuity errors are funny and clever, the movie cliche's are great. So what if it's a little cheesy and Arnold is the only decent actor? Enjoy the conflict of reality and fiction, and see this movie because it's a fun and somewhat thoughtful flick.