| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger |
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| F. Murray Abraham |
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| Art Carney |
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| Charles Dance |
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| Frank McRae |
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| Tom Noonan |
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| Robert Prosky |
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| Anthony Quinn |
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| Mercedes Ruehl |
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| Jean-Claude Van Damme |
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| Movie Details |
| Director |
John McTiernan |
| Studio |
UCA CATALOGUE |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
15 |
| Running Time |
125 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| John McTiernan (The Hunt for Red October) imaginatively directs this action comedy, which is an interesting failure with some fascinating ironies that make it well worth seeing. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays both a character named Jack Slater--a fictional cop hero who exists only in the movies (ie, the movies seen by the characters in this movie) and the actor who plays Jack Slater in the real world (ie, in the movie we're actually watching). McTiernan's hall-of-mirrors effect is fun, though Last Action Hero never quite identifies itself as a pure action movie, science fiction, a kid's movie, or anything else. (The expensive film suffered at the box office as a result and was roundly criticised for this ambivalence.) What lingers in the memory, however, is Schwarzenegger, playing himself, being confronted by Slater for having created an alter ego for film in the first place. It's a provocative moment: how often have we seen a major star blatantly wrestle with his actor's legacy in this way? --Tom Keogh |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
212 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
IMDB
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 2 |
| Screen Ratio |
16:9 Wide Screen / 2.35 Wide Screen |
| Release Date |
2004 |
| Subtitles |
Arabic; Czech; Danish; Dutch; English; Finnish; French; German; Greek; Hebrew; Hindi; Hungarian; Icelandic; Italian; Norwegian; Polish; Portuguese; Spanish; Swedish; Turkish |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Filmographies. Featurette. Theatrical trailer. Music video: AC/DC 'Big Gun'. |
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