Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.
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.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The pulse-pounding, sizzling pull of a Die Hard is absent.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
There is a lot of action in Last Action Hero, but the underlying story never ever quite works.