Last Action Hero (1993)

Regisseur:

John McTiernan

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Zak Penn (story) &
Adam Leff (story) ...

Premierendatum:

18. Juni 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Komödie | Fantasy

Werbezeile:

Did Someone Say Action? [Theatrical]

Plot:

A young movie fan gets thrown into the movie world of his favourite action film character.

Plot Keywords:

Spinning Axe | Self Parody | Movie Cliques | Boy Sidekick | Actor Playing Himself

Filmpreise:

14 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Underrated post-modern take on action movies

Besetzung

Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Jack Slater / Himself
F. Murray Abraham	...	John Practice
Austin O'Brien	...	Danny Madigan
Art Carney	...	Frank
Charles Dance	...	Benedict
Frank McRae	...	Lieutenant Dekker
Tom Noonan	...	Ripper / Himself
Robert Prosky	...	Nick
Anthony Quinn	...	Tony Vivaldi
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Irene Madigan
Ian McKellen	...	Death
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Tough Asian Man
Joan Plowright	...	Teacher
Jason Kelly	...	Lieutenant Governor
Noah Emmerich	...	Rookie

Alternativ:

Extremely Violent (USA) (working title)
Letzte Action Held, Der (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]
Last Action Hero (Österreich) [de]

Länge:

130 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints) | SDDS (8 channels) (35 mm prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-14 (re-rating) | Malaysia:U | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #32089) | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

1100 block of Angelina Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $15 million for his role.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: When Slater's convertible is maneuvered onto two wheels a roll cage with painted red foam appears in the car for that stunt shot.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Dekker: This is one hell of a way to spend Christmas...

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Married with Children: Movie Show (#7.21)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Angry Again

Underrated post-modern take on action movies

Highly underrated Arnie movie.

Is it a comedy? An action movie? A spoof of the entire action movie genre? Well, it might be all of them, and more.

This movie could be interpreted in several ways. In it, Arnold is spoofing himself (or his on-screen persona, anyway) and the genre of action movies in general.

What's more, it's a story within a story, making an audience member part of the story, giving the whole thing a post-modern twist. The movie is full of genre in-jokes and self-references, making fun of many of the clichés - while at the same time referring to other films, actors, and even other genres, making this sort of a celebration of the entire film business.

On the other hand - in case you don't care about all of this - as an action movie in itself, it's still very entertaining. If you like Schwarzenegger action movies, you'll like this one as well.

Don't let anyone tell you this is a "bad movie". See it for yourself, and make up your own mind.