From the very beginning, Arnold Schwarzenegger was enthusiastic about “Last Action Hero,” and for good reason.
His 1993 action blockbuster had an ace up its sleeve.
Namely, that it was a meta take on the very genre to which it purported to belong.The film tells the story of a boy named Danny who’s transported into his favorite action franchise by way of a magic movie ticket, finding himself alongside his hero, Jack Slater (Schwarzenegger).
That premise provided a way for co-screenwriter Shane Black — who rewrote the script along with David Arnott based on the original screenplay by Zak Penn and Adam Leff — to send up the action genre that the film’s star had helped build.In fact, Black himself had a hand in establishing the kind of ’80s action “Last Action Hero” was parodying, having penned 1987’s “Lethal Weapon.” All of which made for an ironic twist…
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