Last Action Hero
1993
***
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance, Frank McRae, Tom Noonan, Robert Prosky, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, Austin O'Brien
Danny is a young movie buff who is magically transported to the silver screen, where he gets to play a sidekick to his favourite action hero, Jack Slater. To get back to the real world, Danny must convince Slater that he is just a movie character. This entertaining but overlong scifi action flick pokes fun at Hollywood movie tropes. The fantasy elements have stood the test of time and the script has plenty of clever gags, but the problem is that this is a parody of a movie genre which doesn't really exist anymore.
