After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
There is a lot of action in Last Action Hero, but the underlying story never ever quite works.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The pulse-pounding, sizzling pull of a Die Hard is absent.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Even if this intermixing of kid fantasy and adult shoot'em-up, Hollywood insider jokes and cheap Arnold puns, doesn't completely bowl you over, it's clever and intriguing.