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Last Action Hero (1993)

PG-13  |   |  Action, Adventure, Comedy  |  18 June 1993 (USA)
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With the help of a magic ticket, a young film fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action film character.

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Storyline

Young Danny Madigan is a big fan of Jack Slater, a larger-than-life action hero played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. When his best friend, Nick the projectionist, gives him a magic ticket to the new Jack Slater film, Danny is transported into Slater's world, where the good guys always win. One of Slater's enemies, Benedict the hitman, gets hold of the ticket and ends up in Danny's world, where he realises that if he can kill Schwarzenegger, Slater will be no more. Slater and Danny must travel back and stop him. Written by Alexander Lum <aj_lum@postoffice.utas.edu.au>

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Rated PG-13 for strong action sequences | See all certifications »

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18 June 1993 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$70,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

£3,634,344 (UK) (17 September 1993)
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Trivia

The merchandising people came up with some Jack Slater action figures with guns, but Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the idea since Last Action Hero (1993) was a warmer, more cuddly action film. The film had seven video games, a $20,000,000 Burger King promotion, a $36,000,000 theme park ride, NASA's first paid ad in space, as well as a four-storey inflatable Jack Slater at Cannes and Schwarzenegger gave 40 TV interviews and 54 print interviews in 24 hours, setting a new personal record. See more »

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After Benedict shoots Vivaldi he is talking about moving into parallel worlds you can see crew members in the mirrors. See more »

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Underrated
28 November 2002 | by (MI) – See all my reviews

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.


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Watched it yesterday after 16 years (I am 26 now). 10/10 8paul
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