Review of Last Action Hero (1993) by Steven D — 12 Aug 2018
Whilst admittedly falling short of the uber-blockbuster expectations set by the studio ("the Big Ticket for 93" ended up being a certain Spielberg smash) Die Hard maestro John McTierian's Arnie action movie send-up is somewhat above its stigma as a colossal failure.
Schwarzenegger aptly parodies himself as fictional super-cop Jack Slater whose battles against villainous Charles Dance inevitably wind up shooting out of the screen and into the real world. An ambitious idea that's often amusing but ultimately without the virtuoso touch of many of the movies it pokes fun at and those which surpassed it at the box office.
As James Berardinelli notes, "the pulse-pounding, sizzling pull of a Die Hard is absent".
This review of Last Action Hero (1993) was written by Steven D on 12 August 2018.
Last Action Hero has generally received mixed reviews.
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