What is there to say about this film? Last action hero. A movie about a magical ticket, put in the hands of a young action film fan, that opens a portal into the movie world. Well, for starters, it's another one of those films that's amazing as a little kid. Then you watch it again at 14 and realize how stupid it is. This movie isn't bad, it's actually pretty decant. However, the whole magical ticket aspect, mixed in with all the Arnold action really throws me off. Is it a kids movie? Is it an action? What's going on here? Well, after taking some time to gather my thoughts, here's what I think about the film.
Lets start with the main charcter, Danny. He's a young kid, who seems incredibly bored with his life and just the real world in general. He sneaks off to a closed down theater, where is friend shows him films for free, while he should be in school. At the movies he's at home. Now Arnold comes into play as the cliche action hero in Danny's favorite movie series, Jack Slater. He's awesome. Just blowing things up left and right and beating up bad guys. Now once, Danny is given a magical ticket by his buddy who runs the theater, he is accidentally brought into Jack Slaters world. Past this point he's just following the dude around, trying to convince him that he lives in a movie. This is very annoying, and while watching, you are just as bothered as Jack is. This kid really needs to get a bit older. His high little kid voice drives me insane!
Through out the film, Danny stays by Jack's side while he gets into battles and goes about his action packed life. Once they both cross over to the real world, things change and the film becomes more about a fictional character realizing that he has no perpus in the world, as well as seeing that in the real world, the bad guys can win. There are alos a lot of cool real world fight scenes and such. It is also cool to see the actors who played the fictional characters interact with the characters as well.
Over all, It's an Okay movie, but very cheesy and could have been done better.
2 1/2 Stars
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