Though Slater dismisses all of this as part of Danny's wild imagination, Slater's supervisor, Lieutenant Dekker, assigns Danny as his new partner, and instructs them to investigate criminal activities related to mafia boss Tony Vivaldi.ĭanny guides Slater to Vivaldi's mansion, recognizing its location from the start of the movie.
After escaping from their pursuers, Slater takes Danny to the LAPD headquarters, where Danny points out evidence of the fictional nature of Slater's world, such as the presence of numerous attractive women and a cartoon cat detective named Whiskers, and says that Slater's friend John Practice should not be trusted as he "killed Mozart" (since he is played by the same actor as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus). Nick gives Danny a golden ticket once owned by Harry Houdini, to see an early screening of Jack Slater IV before its official release.ĭuring the film, the ticket stub (counterfoil) magically transports Danny into the fictional world, interrupting Slater in the middle of a car chase. Following his father's death, Danny takes comfort in watching action movies, especially a series featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop, Jack Slater, at his local movie theater owned by Nick, who also acts as the projectionist. The film marked Art Carney and Tina Turner's last appearances in a motion picture before their deaths in 20 respectively.ĭanny Madigan is a ten-year-old boy living in a crime-ridden area of New York City with his widowed mother, Irene. Since it’s release Last Action Hero gained a strong cult following with some noting it as underrated in Schwarzenegger’s filmography. Last Action Hero failed to meet the studio's expectations at the box office, and was both a critical and commercial disappointment. Schwarzenegger also served as the film's executive producer and plays himself as the actor portraying Jack Slater. Benedict, a ruthless assassin from the Slater universe who escapes to the real world. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater, a Los Angeles police detective within the Jack Slater action film franchise, while Austin O'Brien co-stars as Danny Madigan, a boy magically transported into the Slater universe, and Charles Dance as Mr. It is a satire of the action genre and associated clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film. Last Action Hero is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan and co-written by Shane Black and David Arnott.
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