A Part of The Music Box 70mm Film Festival 2020
70mm Blowup with Magnetic Sound from Sony Pictures Repertory
Arnold Schwarzenegger IS Jack Slater, and also Arnold Schwarzenegger, and briefly Hamlet, in LAST ACTION HERO!
From John McTiernan, director of DIE HARD and PREDATOR, and a script co-written by Shane Black (LETHAL WEAPON, THE LAST BOY SCOUT), comes a messy Hollywood meta-comedy/action flick hybrid, lampooning the genre that brought the creative team such great past success. A young movie fan is magically transported into the world of his favorite action hero, in this cameo-laden adventure. A failure at the box office, largely due to opening a week after JURASSIC PARK, LAST ACTION HERO isn’t a flawless film, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun.
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