Review: The Last Action Hero

With the help of a nifty magic ticket, pint-sized movie buff Danny Madigan is magically catapulted into an Arnold Schwarzenegger flick, where guns don’t need reloading and explosions barely cause a flesh wound. A huge flop on its 1993 release (it opened a week after Jurassic Park. Ouch.), snotty critics have since scoffed at this action satire for its flaws and inconsistencies. Don’t listen to the snotty critics. The plot may be a mess, but LAH is ripe with cameos, zingers and set-pieces so ludicrous, even John Matrix would raise an eyebrow. Make no mistake, this is an action hero that deserves to be remembered.

4/5