A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman.
Director:
James Cameron
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Tom Arnold
A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter to blackmail him into starting a revolution and getting an exiled dictator back into power.
Director:
Mark L. Lester
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Rae Dawn Chong,
Dan Hedaya
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Director:
Walter Hill
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
James Belushi,
Peter Boyle
When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he?
Director:
Paul Verhoeven
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Sharon Stone,
Michael Ironside
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>
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 »
Goofs
After Benedict shoots Vivaldi he is talking about moving into parallel worlds you can see crew members in the mirrors. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Dekker:
This is one hell of a way to spend Christmas...
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Crazy Credits
The only opening credits in this film are the ones for "Jack Slater IV" See more »
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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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.