Last Action Hero
Where to watch Last Action Hero (1993) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras and directed by John McTiernan.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

There is a lot of action in Last Action Hero, but the underlying story never ever quite works.

Midwest Film JournalNick Rogers

Driven less by mammoth ego and more by wild, unchecked id, "Last Action Hero" works as a riotous comedy and a rigorous case study of why we go to the movies. It's an inventive valentine made timeless by audacious shamelessness and shameless audacity.

Gone With The TwinsMike Massie

Every action film trope is satirized, every manly catchphrase is mocked, and the overuse of senseless violence and random explosions is parodied to no end.

Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov

The film tries so very hard to be The Movie of Summer '93 that it almost makes you sick for what could have been, what should have been, and, in the end, what it is: soulless sound and fury -- action in a vacuum.

FlickDirectAllison Rose

There are a few men who could take in the role of Jack Slater, but Schwarzenegger embodies the physical and mental acumen of a last action hero.

Washington PostDesson Thomson

Even if this intermixing of kid fantasy and adult shoot'em-up, Hollywood insider jokes and cheap Arnold puns, doesn't completely bowl you over, it's clever and intriguing.

JoBlo's Movie NetworkAlex Maidy

I am happy to say that not only does Last Action Hero hold up well almost twenty years later but it remains one of the most underrated movie concepts of all time.

Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.

Really would work if it ever really let audiences in what it was trying to accomplish.

Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum

It's nothing new that the makers of Last Action Hero don't have a clear notion of what separates movies from life, but the makers of the other summer blockbusters aren't any better versed in reality...