There are underappreciated films, underrated films, unfairly maligned films...and then there's Last Action Hero, perhaps one of the most hated movies of the 1990s. Well, I thought it was hilarious from beginning to end, a great send-up of Arnie's image. The movie takes dead aim at all the action-movie cliches, from a non-stop parade of gorgeous women to every phone number beginning with "555" ("That's why we have area codes," says Arnold's character.) My hunch is that people expected another Terminator or Total Recall, and were completely caught off guard by this offbeat film.
Review of Last Action Hero
