Lack of good storyline.

disgusting, overrated, pointless

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I haven't watched this since it first came out. I remember liking it but not really something that I was very keen on. That is until I rewatched it recently. I can appreciate now what this movie was doing and it is fantastic. Not to mention I love the nostalgic buddy cop movies. This movie has it all for me. Even the kid is pretty good. Some of the special effects don't hold up too well but all in all a fun entertaining movie designed to be a commentary on movies wrapped in an action movie.

Anyone who loves classic, cheesy action movies from the 1980s and 1990s probably owns a copy of Last Action Hero, an absolutely darling spoof of the genre starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Younger kids might not like it very much, since they've grown up on a different type of action movie, but older millennials and Generation X will totally love it. In the movie, Austin O'Brien is a preteen who has recently lost his father. His mother, Mercedes Ruehl, wants him to spend less time at the movies and more time concentrating on his studies, but boys will be boys, and Austin sneaks out in the middle of the night to watch an advanced screening of the latest installment of his favorite action film franchise, similar to Die Hard. The owner of the movie theater, Robert Prosky, gives Austin a magical ticket, and before he knows what's happening, Austin gets transported into the movie! He gets to pal around with the main character Arnold Schwarzenegger, laugh at the cheesy puns, unrealistic fight scenes, gorgeous bimbos, and plot holes in the script. It's a laugh a minute, and Shane Black's and David Arnott's script hilariously pokes fun of the real actors as well as the genre as a whole. For example, Austin O'Brien tries to convince character-Arnold that he's just a character in a movie, and he actually tells him that an actor named Arnold Schwarzenegger plays him! Character-Arnold has never heard of actor-Arnold, so they go to a video store to rent one of his famous movies. Inside they see a cardboard cutout advertisement of Terminator 2, starring Sylvester Stallone! In the movie universe, actor-Arnold doesn't exist. When Austin meets F. Murray Abraham in the movie universe, he immediately recognizes him and tries to warn Arnold that he's the bad guy because he killed Mozart. Anthony Quinn, who spent a career playing not very intelligent ethnic characters, plays the quintessential Italian mob boss, who always mixes his metaphors-a fourth wheel, in front of the eight-ball, etc.-much to the irritation of his evil cohort, Charles Dance. If by some miracle you lived through the 80s and 90s and haven't seen Last Action Hero, buy yourself a copy-I did it the old school way and bought a VHS-and get ready for a total laugh fest.

I wish this fantastic movie had a sequel coming. Brilliant story beautifully executed.

This film was not the blockbuster that it was expected to be upon it's initial release and was pretty derided when it first came out, but I think it's one that deserves reconsideration. The story is essentially Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo" but with a 1980s action film hero stepping off the screen into the real world instead of a 1930s romantic leading man stepping off the screen. Both films feature a many funny moments of fictional characters having to deal the the real world and also funny moments of real world characters entering the movie world, enjoying the artifice of those fantasy worlds. The difference in how these two films go about this is that Allen's film was making keen observations about why people are drawn to fantasy worlds over reality, while "Last Action Hero" is comedic primarily a send up of 80s action film tropes. Although this film is nowhere as smart or insightful as Allen's classic film, it's a really funny film and does make some clever observations about action film formulas. What really makes this film work is the inclusion of so many action film heavy weights both in front of the camera (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and also behind the camera (director John McTiernan and co-writer Shane Black). The film is both a celebration of what audiences love about action films, but at the same time gleefully mocks them. I do think Sylvester Stallone's "Demolition Man" did a better job of satirizing 1980s action heroes by placing a stereotypical action hero into a peaceful futuristic utopia. This same year also saw the release of "Romeo is Bleeding" which was not exactly a send up of action films, but was more of an indie black comic send up of noir, which i suppose is pretty different from those other two, but I thought was worth mentioning. Overall, this film is not the throwaway over-marketed junk that I think it was perceived as upon it's initial release and is absolutely worth watching for audiences who want to laugh at 80s action film clichés. The film also features F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance, Frank McRae, Tom Noonan, Robert Prosky, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, and cameos by Franco Columbu, Tina Turner, Sharon Stone, Robert Patrick, Angie Everhart, Maria Shriver, Little Richard, James Belushi, Damon Wayans, Chevy Chase, Timothy Dalton, Jean-Claude Van Damme, MC Hammer, and many other familiar faces.