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Overview
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Did Someone Say Action? [Theatrical] morePlot:
A young movie fan gets thrown into the movie world of his favourite action film character. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
Actor Playing Himself
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Actor Meets Character
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Self Parody
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No Title At Beginning
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Exploding Body
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14 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Feature: Judd Apatow's David Gordon Green (From IFC. 7 August 2008, 6:17 PM, PDT)
Schwarzenegger Has Surgery To Remove Plates From Leg (From WENN. 12 November 2007)
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Underrated post-modern take on action movies moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
130 minCountry:
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2.20 : 1 moreSound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints) | SDDS (8 channels) (35 mm prints)Certification:
Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-14 (re-rating) | Netherlands:12 | 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:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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The explosion of Jack Slater's ex-wife's house was used from The Last Boy Scout (1991), also written by Shane Black. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Hands holding colored spotlights can be seen in the theatre's projector room when the magic ticket is used the last time. moreSoundtrack:
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Highly underrated Arnie movie.
Is it a comedy? An action movie? A spoof of the entire action movie genre? Well, it might be all of them, and more.
This movie could be interpreted in several ways. In it, Arnold is spoofing himself (or his on-screen persona, anyway) and the genre of action movies in general.
What's more, it's a story within a story, making an audience member part of the story, giving the whole thing a post-modern twist. The movie is full of genre in-jokes and self-references, making fun of many of the clichés - while at the same time referring to other films, actors, and even other genres, making this sort of a celebration of the entire film business.
On the other hand - in case you don't care about all of this - as an action movie in itself, it's still very entertaining. If you like Schwarzenegger action movies, you'll like this one as well.
Don't let anyone tell you this is a "bad movie". See it for yourself, and make up your own mind.