The video correctly identifies the film as a visionary deconstruction of action tropes that was simply too meta for its 1993 audience. It’s a sophisticated piece of cinema that proves Arnold’s greatest legacy is his willingness to satirize the very legend he spent a decade building.
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*LAST ACTION HERO* IS ARNOLD'S BEST MOVIE!?Added:
Yo, what's up with Chris today on this beautiful August day?
But this guy Hey guys, it's me Chris Stuckmann aka Kids With PIERS AKA WOAH!
>> [screaming] >> BUILT DIFFERENT AKA CHUBBY RANDOM SELF THE FLASH OF the Guy Your Mom Is Always Talking About and today we are going to do something considered THE HARDEST TASK ON THIS PLANET. LET THEM WHAT ARE WE WATCHING TODAY?
WHAT MOVIE ARE WE WATCHING TODAY? LAST ACTION HERO >> [screaming] >> OH, WE'RE WATCHING THE LAST Action Hero.
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But now with good, we have bad. We have those of you who are not subscribed to the Octo Crew channel. YOU GUYS ARE I DON'T KNOW. [ __ ] >> [screaming] >> ABSOLUTE [ __ ] YOU GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF LOSERS, TOO, but you don't have to be as such. You can simply subscribe to the Octo Crew channel right now at this very moment and you two can become a winner.
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OH, THAT WAS A SICK TRANSITION.
YO, WAIT. Why do we need so many people at the bottom here with that that many firearms. Like, what? IT'S CHRISTMAS MOVIE. OH, MERRY CHRISTMAS. HELL OF A WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS.
>> [laughter] >> DAMN.
WHOEVER THIS IS REALLY good at shooting cars. Got a present for you.
WAIT, NO WAY.
>> [laughter] >> WAIT, IS THAT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
YEAH. Damn you remember THAT THE CHILDREN GO.
OH, [ __ ] OH.
OH, the stops. I know those stops, my guy. I know those stops. I know who that is. Yo, those snakeskin shoes?
>> OH, YEAH. WOO.
OH, AND THE CIGAR? YEAH, HE LOOKS COOL AS [ __ ] MAN. My god.
LATER.
DON'T EVEN [ __ ] SWEAR TO YOU, HEAR ME? You're going to sit and wait for the real hostage negotiator.
Yo, who do you need to negotiate, MAN?
JUST BLAST HIS ASS. WE DON'T negotiate with terrorists. Hell no, man. WE JUST BLAST.
>> WE KILL [screaming] HIM. PEOPLE LOST BODY PARTS.
NOW YOU GO IN THERE AND IT'S YOUR BAD.
OH MY GOD.
REPEAT, DO NOT LET him You can't stop him, dude.
>> Piece of cake.
Hey.
You wanted to be a farmer? Here's a COUPLE OF ACRES.
>> [laughter] >> HERE'S A COUPLE OF ACRES.
JACK, what kept you?
Yo, what?
Why is this guy wearing chain mail?
Chain mail and a raincoat? As you heard here, Andrew.
What do you know about Hurt, Jack?
You put me in a cage for 10 years.
Probably deserved it.
>> THE DEATH PENALTY.
>> [laughter] >> NOW LOSE THE GUN.
IT'S LIKE HIS superpower is just balding. Just balding and being ugly.
Woah!
Holy [ __ ] >> Woah!
Ankle gun!
Is that all sport?
YEP.
>> [laughter] >> DOES IT.
CHOP CHOP.
JUST SHOOT HIM, MAN. Just kill him.
>> unless uh you consider this A WEAPON.
YO! YOU EVEN SACRIFICED YOUR OWN child to get to me. I'm very flattered, Jack, but I doubt it.
Andy, pick up the grenade.
Come on.
Wouldn't a grenade HAVE EXPLODED BY NOW?
OH, [ __ ] WOAH!
BLAST THIS ASS.
WOAH!
HELL YEAH! THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE.
GOT TO get rid of the bad guy. The film is out of focus.
The film is out of Never mind.
>> [laughter] >> I can't imagine something worse.
Right when just when it's getting good, too. We just got to see the bad guy get popped full of lead and it just goes out of focus. Like that's what we That's what we come here to see. All right.
The climax is on the fridge.
Ah.
All right.
Yeah, bro. Come on. Hurry up.
>> Yeah, do your job, bro. Get out there.
The new Jack Slater opens this weekend at the Otis. Like I didn't know that.
They killed his second cousin.
Big mistake.
>> [laughter] >> Jack Slater 4.
Damn, they made 4? Awesome. I could arrange for you to gain admittance that is that sort of thing appeals to me. That is cool.
>> So before it opens?
>> Yeah.
Who do I HAVE TO KILL?
>> [laughter] >> TO GET YOU TO GET TO SCHOOL. AND IF YOU HURRY, you're only going to be 4 hours late.
Uh who needs school when you can watch an Arnold flick, man?
Dude, that is sick. Treachery, conspiracy, sex, sword fights, madness, ghosts, and in the end everybody dies.
Shakespeare's Hamlet couldn't be more exciting. You just goes kind of hard. I got to tell me it's exciting and spoil it. Yeah, that was kind of weird. Hey Claudius.
You killed my father.
Yeah!
>> Big mistake. YEAH! YEAH! [screaming] THERE'S [laughter] ROTTENNESS IN THE state of Denmark and Hamlet is taking out THE TRASH. YEAH!
>> [laughter] >> STAY THY HAND, FAIR PRINCE.
WHO SAY THAT I'M FAIR?
>> [laughter] >> YO! [screaming] THEY I THEY HAVE TO MAKE THIS AN ACTUAL FILM, DUDE. THIS would be the best Hamlet's ever been. To be or not to be.
NOT TO BE.
>> [laughter] >> DUDE!
AH, THAT'S SO FUNNY. YO! HOLY [ __ ] YO, GET THIS made ASAP. Dude, that was like one of the greatest things ever. Dude, honestly, I would pay so much money to have that made. You know, I'm in there lying to a principal, me a charter member of the PTA, and what for? So you can go to the movies? Yeah.
Bro. Uh that seems reasonable to me. I didn't say, "Hey, what the hell? Let me see what it'd be like to be a widow before I'm 40. Give that a try." OH [laughter] MY GOD, WHAT A WAY TO PUT IT.
WOW.
DUDE, WOW, OKAY. That was a tough way to put it. Damn, that was really sarcastic.
I was like, holy [ __ ] What you eat?
Nothing, maggots.
>> [cheering] >> Uh-oh. Yeah, we need some action, man.
We're ditching the math. Let's get out of here.
It's really late though. Like, is she Does she just work all night long? I guess I think she's like a night shift thing.
Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah.
Yo, lock Was that a Yeah, lock that door. That was weirdo alert. Weirdo alert. We're staying home. Do his coffin.
>> easy, man. He was coughing, kind of looking weird.
>> the black plague. Don't go near >> of hunched back, walking and [ __ ] It was kind OF WEIRD.
OH, [ __ ] SHOULD HAVE LISTENED.
You alone?
OKAY. MOVE IT.
OH MY GOD. NO JEWELRY, NO VCR. A [ __ ] TV that'll get me 20 bucks.
Go fishing, amigo.
YO. WOAH. WHAT A LOSER. Excuse me? Your mom says you're to go straight home.
She'll be there when the shift is over.
Dude, he just should have listened to mom. That's a traumatic experience, though.
>> Yo, genuinely it was. That was terrifying. Like, for a kid to experience something like that is wild.
Harry Houdini played this theater, and my pop took me backstage to see him after the show. And all of a sudden, this was in his hand.
Woah. And he said to He whispered. He said, "This is a magic ticket.
It was given to me by the best magician in India, and it was given to him by the best magician in Tibet."
>> Oh, [ __ ] The golden ticket?
Oh, [ __ ] Yeah.
FRANCO COLUMBU?
>> [laughter] >> THAT'S SO GOOD.
OOH, YEAH.
Take that WALL DOWN, TOO.
>> [screaming] >> I USED TO NOT KNOW.
BUT SLATER knows you are going to die.
Listen, you know that my mother and Torelli's mother have just signed a secret pact to control >> [laughter] >> Whoa.
Okay, that was cool.
Meet Mr. BENEDICT.
WHOA. YO, GENUINE. THAT'S COOL.
WAIT, isn't it?
Yeah. I need to take I need another look. I think he's the he's from Game of Thrones. Charles Dance. Yeah. He's such a good actor. Mr. Benedict can take you out as easy as Kate.
Hi, YOU SICILIAN SCHMUCK.
>> [laughter] >> ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT ADDRESS?
THIS DON'T look like no crack house to me.
>> What do you want? 60 guys dancing on the lawn throwing cocaine AT EACH OTHER?
>> [laughter] >> THAT'D BE WILD. BUT THAT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY IN CALIFORNIA. YEAH.
>> [laughter] >> QUIET. THIS IS A DRUG BUST. A drug bust?
You must be joking.
My second cousin Frank lives in there.
The only drugs you'll find in there are aspirin.
>> [laughter] >> Frank!
Oh.
Oh.
Frank.
Jack.
Tony Bel are joining forces.
I'M OUT OF HERE.
>> [laughter] >> THERE'S NO WAY HE GOT NO. THERE'S NO >> I'M OUT OF HERE.
YO, I got to like reserve that one for my deck. Dude, that's insane. Yo, that went hard. I'm out of here.
Oh, that's so cool.
>> No.
It's a bomb.
WOAH.
WOAH. YO.
WOAH.
WOAH.
WHAT A BOMB.
HOLY [ __ ] >> YO.
TWO DAYS TO RETIREMENT.
>> [laughter] >> AH, THAT'S TOUGH.
WHAT THE >> [laughter] >> HE HAD DYNAMITE? HELL, YEAH.
NO WAY.
>> [laughter] >> NO WAY. NO WAY.
>> NO WAY. [screaming] NO WAY.
>> WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WAIT, WOAH.
OH, [ __ ] WOAH.
Oh my god. Who the hell are you?
What did you get here? I'm not quite sure where here is, dear, but I don't think you want any of it. Okay, close your eyes, stay flat, and don't move.
Good advice. Yo, let's go. Let's kill these BAD GUYS. YO.
>> [screaming] >> WOAH.
YO.
YO, ICE THIS ASS. YEAH.
ICE THAT GUY.
>> [laughter] >> I DID.
I LOVE THIS [ __ ] THIS is really happening.
>> [laughter] >> It's back.
OH, THAT'S COOL.
HOLY [ __ ] THAT'S COOL. I VOTED, SORRY.
I thought I was going to die.
Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but you're going to live to ENJOY ALL THE >> [laughter] >> SHAVING, PREMATURE EJACULATION, AND YOUR FIRST DIVORCE.
>> [laughter] >> OH, MAN. THIS IS A movie set. That's how the scenery changed, right?
Uh-oh.
The bad guys are still here.
>> [laughter] >> Woah, woah, WOAH, WOAH.
WOAH!
YEAH, I DID.
WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY WEARING? I'M in the movie.
Holy cow, I'm in the movie.
WHAT THE >> [laughter] >> OH.
OOH, SOUNDTRACK IS NASTY, DUDE. OOH.
OOH.
WOAH, THAT'S HOT.
WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, [screaming] WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WHAT?
THAT WAS COOL. DUDE, that that Yep.
Oh, close.
No, just as you say.
Yep.
Uh-huh.
The shrew.
You don't think something strange is going on between them. This is top secret. of Vivaldi mob is joining forces with the Turrellians.
Damn it, Jack. How How you do that?
Well, I'm not parked behind the desk all day eating THOSE DONUTS.
>> [laughter] >> LATER!
>> [screaming] >> HOLY [ __ ] >> NO SUCH NUMBER, NO SUCH NAME. The state of New York's never heard of you, Mr. Madigan. What's your real name? Danny Madigan. Where are you really from? 355 >> in my car? I fell off a walkover bridge, slipped into your car. He saved my life.
Huh.
>> Truth at last.
[ __ ] I know a lot about what's going on. Now, if you would just listen >> son. I got the perfect listener for you.
Meet your new partner.
Oh, [laughter] no. It's a child.
Oh, no. Then shoot me.
It's right. Take your gun, point it at my head, and pull the trigger. Come on, do it.
Wake up.
>> That's a wild thing to ask for. You really believe that you're inside a movie, don't you?
>> Yes! All right.
I'll give you 10 minutes to prove it.
10 minutes?
>> Then I SHOOT YOU.
>> [laughter] >> DO NOT ENTER!
WAIT, WHERE ARE THE SCHWARZENEGGER FILMS? Foreign films are in the back.
No, action.
>> [laughter] >> THAT IS SO GOOD.
>> [screaming] [laughter] >> THAT IS [ __ ] >> HE'S FANTASTIC. This is his best performance ever.
>> [laughter] >> Like I was saying, what about this girl right here? She is way too attractive to be working in a video store. I agree with you.
I think she should be working with us.
Undercover, of course. What a fiend.
>> [laughter] >> Where are the ordinary everyday women?
They don't exist because this is a movie.
>> No, THIS IS CALIFORNIA.
>> [laughter] >> THIS TICKET IS MAGIC, and it really works. Any second we're going to drive right into the theater.
Wait, how do you get back? Just like that one.
THE BAD GUYS are in there.
Bad guys living good.
May I help you?
Yes, could I speak to the drug dealers of the house, please?
>> [laughter] >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUT KILLING DRUG DEALERS.
>> [laughter] >> ARE THEY IN THE HOUSE?
OKAY.
THAT IS FUNNY.
It's a beautiful day to be out killing drug dealers.
Wait, where are you going?
I'll be back.
You didn't expect me to say that, did you?
That's what YOU ALWAYS SAY.
>> [laughter] >> I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DRUG DEALERS. YES.
JACK, it's in that room with the glass side. Sir, are you a henchman?
No, I only go as far as lackey.
>> [laughter] >> Take off your sunglasses.
Who's asking?
THE TIN MAN.
>> [laughter] >> THE TIN MAN?
OH.
OH.
DOGGIES. Make no mistake, they are exceptionally well trained.
Oh. Holy [ __ ] What? I snapped my fingers again, and sometime tomorrow you will emerge from several canine rectum.
Or you and Toto can go back to the land of Oz. Question.
>> [laughter] >> How exactly you going to snap your fingers after I rip off both OF YOUR THUMBS?
>> [laughter] >> HOLY [ __ ] THAT'S COOL.
OH.
>> Let's have a nice day.
Yeah, I'm one of the bull's eye when he was with his second cousin.
He hates his boss. He calls him a slimy schmuck. Oh no.
Is it cuz he's on happy mode?
I told you your actual wife is not home.
Her name wasn't in the credits.
Huh?
Daddy, help me. HELP ME.
NO, DADDY. YOU GAVE SOMEBODY AND I realized I haven't had that long of a life.
But I just want you to know, from now on Oh, got to be down here.
>> [laughter] >> YOU HAVE TO KISS HIM?
>> OH, DAD, WOULD YOU KILL >> [laughter] >> HIM ALREADY?
OKAY, WOULD YOU UH GRAB THE PHONE AND IF IT'S FOR ME, I'll be in the shower in less than 1 hour for sure.
1 HOUR?
>> 1 HOUR? [screaming] WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE? COOKING?
OH.
OH, [ __ ] YEAH, I always think I forgot about his [laughter] sunny attire, too.
Oh.
>> Hello, Toto.
>> [laughter] >> Oh, [ __ ] That was a screaming a half.
BIG MISTAKE.
>> [screaming] >> OH.
HOLY [ __ ] WOW. BUT YOU UNDERSTAND FREEZE.
Lose the guns or I redecorate in brain matter, GRAY. GOT >> [laughter] >> WE REDECORATING BRAIN MATTER. That is sick.
>> [laughter] >> Dude. God, man. Why are henchmen SUCH LOSERS?
HI.
>> [laughter] >> WHAT THE [ __ ] [screaming] NO.
YO, that was cool as hell.
Oh.
Did we play chicken?
Smart.
>> Chicken it is. Hell yeah.
>> Oh, [ __ ] I'm a comedy psychic.
OH, [ __ ] >> [laughter] [laughter] >> BRO, HIT THE ET.
WHAT THE [ __ ] Someone tried to kill old man Torelli, right? Missed and shot Leo the Fart by mistake. Wait.
What an unfortunate [laughter] name.
Benedict? Most likely.
Who did he miss?
No way. Unless he wanted to miss. You're saying he meant to miss?
WHY?
>> [screaming] [laughter] >> THEY BROKEN LAST NIGHT. THEY CUT LEO OPEN LIKE a turkey, stuffed him with TNT.
He goes off at the funeral and takes out the entire Torelli mob all at once. Oh.
Nerve gas.
What are you talking about? Three canisters of nerve gas were stolen from military trucks the night before last.
They could have stuffed those inside him. Leo the Fart is going to pass gas ONE MORE TIME.
>> [laughter] >> BRO, OH MY GOD.
>> A GREAT SETUP, MAN.
>> WHAT A BUILD-UP. Holy [ __ ] that was great.
That's how you trigger it.
>> [laughter] >> Oh my god. Sorry, Jack.
I didn't want it to go down this way.
I like golden trash cans. Yeah, right?
Danny told me not to trust you.
He said you killed Mozart.
Oh, who?
Zod.
Yeah, I kill a lot of people. I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> [laughter] >> I MEAN, if you would just fired, you would have won.
But no, you're the typical villain.
Dumb.
You're no genius yourself, kid.
Oh, you have the golden gun? It's seven minutes. Get my car.
Move it.
Oh, [ __ ] He's not liking taking orders anymore. You had slate in front of the eight ball before, but you always screwed it up.
All right.
Let's go.
Kill him.
>> Oh. Kill him.
What? [screaming] Where the hell have you been? Sorry, Jack. Fur ball problem. Is that Danny DeVito? Is it? Thanks, Whiskers. I owe you one.
>> Forget it. You saved my FUR COAT. WAIT, IT'S DANNY!
I KNOW THAT VOICE ANYWHERE. THAT BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN VOICE.
Are you see the hook of the crane?
I want it on top of the roof in TWO MINUTES. GO. WHAT? WAIT, how do I get him to do that?
What? Movie magic, baby. Wait, wait.
What's he planning? What What What does he need a crane for?
Wow.
Hey, help me MOVE THAT CRANE.
>> [laughter] >> THE PERFECT DISGUISE. JUST PULL A HAT ON. NOBODY knows it's you. Do it all the time.
This is good, man.
A flash of a man.
Help me.
Get me OUT OF HERE.
>> [laughter] >> THIS MAN NEEDS A DOCTOR.
OH MY GOD. THIS MAN NEEDS A DOCTOR.
Out of my way. This man needs a doctor.
I'm a doctor.
You're a doctor? Yes. UH CHECK HIS CHIN.
>> [laughter] >> DON'T SHOOT.
OH, HOLY [ __ ] OH.
>> [screaming] >> YEAH.
>> YEAH, GET THEM ALL.
OH MY GOD. DUDE, that's so good.
Oh.
Can you do a choppy?
Uh uh let's toss his ass.
Oh [ __ ] OH.
OH.
OH. OH. Uh oh.
Going down. Later, nerds. Let's fly some, FELLA.
>> [laughter] >> COME ON, MAN.
ARE WE GOING TO TOSS the Is that a dark pit? I think so.
Oh [ __ ] Holy [ __ ] >> Whoa.
Silent, but My God.
Oh, no. I heard you were here. I thought you could use some clothes.
Thanks, honey.
Wait a minute.
Who finds this a little convenient? Hey, Kit. You always said this is a movie, didn't you?
>> [laughter] >> First you're my friend. Now you turn a 360 on me.
180, you stupid spaghetti-slurping [ __ ] >> [laughter] >> SPAGHETTI-SLURPING [ __ ] TRUST ME.
>> [applause] >> That's a bad guy right there. I'm so glad he killed him. You want me back in now?
No, thank you.
But the pool could benefit FROM SOME ATTENTION.
>> [laughter] >> OH, MAN.
YO! WHOA!
ALL RIGHT, SLATER. I'll go quietly. The hell you will.
Oh, [ __ ] This This is for my DAUGHTER'S BLACK EYE.
OH, OH, OH, NO. USUALLY WHEN I DO THAT, it leaves a hole.
Wait, he took the >> the other guy.
He The other henchman went with him.
>> Yeah, he took the other henchman. If they go, how do I get back? You can't go through life nitpicking every little thing. Now, come on.
Oh, [ __ ] We're still here.
Are you sure about that?
Dude, that's going to be weird. I think we're different here.
Get out. Holy [ __ ] That is probably a piece OF JUNK ANYWAY. DRIVE, BONEHEAD.
Here's another explosion for YOU MOVIE KIDS.
>> [laughter] >> OH MY GOD, THAT'S INSANE.
NOT ONE RUSH.
Not one rush.
>> [laughter] >> HE'S JUST OPENING FIRE.
>> CARS JUST DON'T EXPLODE EASILY.
CHICKEN.
IT ALWAYS ENDS IN CHICKEN.
>> NOT IN THE REAL WORLD. I DO.
Oh [ __ ] OH MY GOD.
>> [laughter] >> HOLY [ __ ] THEY JUST ran right into each other.
Guess they won.
Make sure to cover me. I think he's got the windshield wiper.
I know the driver's dead, I'll tell you that much.
>> Oh yeah. Driver's very dead.
Well, there's lots worse things than movies.
There's politicians and wars and forest fires.
Famine, plague.
All right. Pretty bad.
>> Sickness, pain, warts, POLITICIANS.
>> [laughter] >> LIKE THEY'RE THEY'RE TWICE as bad as anything else.
Fair, very fair, very true. Benedict's here, too, and he's got the tickets.
That madman with the glass eye?
How the hell are you going to get back?
It's a good question.
But you wouldn't want to nitpick. Right, Danny?
Cool.
>> Damn.
I think he's a really smart villain, so having a smart villain in the real world is actually scary.
>> terrifying. Will you get in here?
Wait.
You know how you always say you wished I had more friends?
Oh my god.
Uh Hello, Mrs. Madigan.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER.
>> [laughter] >> I'M SORRY FOR YOU. I I IF you'd help me test a theory. Sure, what can I do for you?
WOW, OKAY, HE'S A VILLAIN AND A HALF, MAN. HOLY [ __ ] >> DUDE, THAT'S THAT GOES hard as hell, man.
>> That's cool as [ __ ] HEY, MAN. HELLO.
HELLO. I JUST SHOT SOMEBODY. I DID IT ON PURPOSE.
>> [laughter] >> YO, OKAY, THAT'S A FLEX AND A HALF, MAN.
WHAT the hell? That is ticket of yours.
Look at the one movie.
Does that mean that Benedict could use it again? You mean on other movies? I really want to do that.
Oh.
>> Oh. You can have complete freedom to do whatever you want.
And you'll never have to go back to this film again. OH.
EW. NOW, I know you've never heard of this man, but his actual name, believe or not, is Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Jack, this guy IS GOING TO OH.
OH, SO THEY'RE GOING to plan to kill so there could never be another.
>> Yeah, and Jack Slater is done for.
They'd never heard of remakes yet.
>> [laughter] >> Jack.
Jack, where are you?
Oh, [ __ ] Careful, walk out on the stage.
>> OH MY GOD.
OH.
WELL, RIGHT, JACK. HE HAS BEEN GOING to the movies.
Kids, that ain't the half of it.
Yeah. Hi, I'm Ari Arish. Oh, god, that's terrifying. New York, we're just moments away from the world premiere of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Jack Slater 4. And here's the man they come to see, folks.
His name is That is crazy. That's really funny. I'm his agent, but Tom, Jesus Christ, Tom, come here. Oh my goodness, it's Tom Newton, of course, the actor who played the Ripper in the That's so cool.
>> Oh. Uh I don't really want to hear it.
I'm not really a big fan of Arnold's, uh She is, you know.
Arnold really turns around, and I just want to be there when it happens. THAT'S ALL.
>> [laughter] >> DUDE, THAT'S CRAZY. HEY, MARK, GOT I need to talk to you. I need to Is that Cheddar Bob? Yeah. Hey, hey, watch it.
You're a big action guy. I MEAN, >> [screaming] >> I WILL NEVER MISS THE PREMIERE FOR SACHA.
THE GOAT.
OH. OH. The studio should let me know when they're planning a stunt.
You know, you're the best celebrity look-alike I've ever seen.
>> [laughter] >> Call my office. We can get you shopping center openings. Look, I don't really like you, all right? You brought me nothing BUT PAIN. JACK!
>> [laughter] >> HEY, JACK.
WHAT CAN YOU OH, [ __ ] round two.
>> Why don't we just skip to the end?
Oh, [ __ ] >> Whoa.
Holy [ __ ] >> Oh.
Oh, no.
>> Oh.
Oh.
OH.
OH, [ __ ] [screaming] YO.
>> HE'S GOING TO FRY HIM.
OH MY GOD.
OH, WAIT, I DID NOT THINK >> [laughter] >> WELL, I DIDN'T think he was going to kill him like Danny, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE. I'M COMING. WOW, that is lucky.
Come on now.
Danny, trust me.
You got to believe in Slater.
Woo!
Holy [ __ ] That's why you train your upper body.
That's it, man. Can't skip it.
Gentlemen, since you're about to die anyway, I may as well TELL YOU THE ENTIRE PLOT.
Think of villains, Jack. UH-OH.
>> YOU WANT DRACULA? YOU LIKE COOL UH DRACULA?
DRACULA? HUH.
I can get King Kong.
Oh. We'll have a nightmare with Freddy Krueger. Have a surprise party for that old Hitler. Hannibal Lecter CAN DO THAT.
WOW, HE'S GOING ALL OUT. HERE, in this world, the bad guys can win.
Ah, yeah.
And you run out of bullets. You forgot to reload the damn gun.
No, Jack.
I just left ONE CHAMBER EMPTY.
WOAH!
WOAH!
THAT'S LIKE NEXT LEVEL [ __ ] >> 200 IQ BAD GUY PLAY. What the Holy [ __ ] Did he just leap at him full force?
>> Oh, yeah.
No sequel FOR YOU.
>> [laughter] >> WOAH! [screaming] THE TICKETS.
He shot him right in the explosive eye?
I think so.
Oh.
Is that Ian McKellen?
Holy [ __ ] Holy [ __ ] Don't you understand? We got to get him back to the movies.
I said, turn around. Holy [ __ ] >> [laughter] >> Man, he's getting really used to that whole thing.
>> getting a little too comfortable with that thing.
WOAH.
FIRE THE PROJECTOR. HURRY!
FIRE!
YOU GOT THE TICKET? NO, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK ANYWAY. IT'S GOT TO.
COULDN'T HE USE THE OTHER HALF? OH, YES, he could.
>> Then just pivot on the box for a second.
And it just clicked together like, wait a minute.
>> Back off, you can't have him.
I've had enough to share with you, mister. Who stays, who goes? Well, I'm telling you, this one stays.
He's not on any of my lists.
Though you are.
Oh. Oh, [ __ ] Now?
Oh, no.
You die, grandfather.
Thank you.
>> Wow.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, [ __ ] Oh, that's cool. I need you to take care of your mother for me.
Cuz though I would love to you have your whole life ahead of you.
And pimples and premature ejaculation.
>> [laughter] >> What is this, some kind of a joke?
I wouldn't even call this a flesh wound.
COME ON, HERE.
>> [laughter] >> WHERE IN THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?
HUH.
IT'S WORKING AGAIN.
>> And you know the cost of that door is coming right out of your meager BUT UNDESERVED PAYCHECK.
SAVE THE EGO FOUNDATION DOING THE [ __ ] TANGO UP AND DOWN MY ELECTION HIGHWAY. PUT A SOCK in it. I don't care who does what to your Hershey highway and stop shouting. I'M NOT DEAF.
YOU ARE THE COMIC RELIEF. YES. Do you know what else?
I am THE HERO. SO SHUT UP.
>> [laughter] >> WE JUST FINISHED UH WATCHING LAST Action Hero.
And um The Last Action Hero, I think it's probably one of Arnold's best.
Like hands down it has to be. The way he constantly makes fun of himself in his career. Yeah. It's actually really good.
I I think it's just clever. Now, would this be considered a parody film?
Oh. Cuz it's kind of parody parody it does like parodies of action films. But instead of having cringe humor, there's none. No, it's actually really funny.
>> the thing. What I like about it is that it's self-aware of what it's trying to be and it does it so flawlessly.
>> Yeah.
>> it incredibly well. It really does. Like it's actually great.
>> The thing what I like about it is that it's kind of like well they kind of like turn it to 12 when it comes to like action movies. You know when he's just like shooting the dynamite in the air?
The so they like so it can go like not fall on the car or something like that.
[ __ ] like that just like a lot of crazy stuff.
>> the part he blows up the ice cream truck. YEAH AND THEN HE GOT GETS COLD RIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
>> ICE CHIP.
>> [laughter] >> YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE HAVING A A DAY, MAN. JUST HAVING THE most fun of their lives just writing this [ __ ] out.
>> incredible that they actually got Arnold to do this though. Cuz it's like he said it's it's literally Arnold making fun of himself in pretty much his entire career.
Yeah. That's what makes it so great. I I respect that a lot and the fact that he also plays himself. Yes. Yes. Not only that but this I feel like this movie is just a love letter to films as a whole.
A lot of great references like the ET which was very surprising. ET out of nowhere.
>> an ET out of nowhere. Uh it'll I don't know. It's just like a lot of great things. I also like that they have Sylvester Stallone as Terminator.
That that is possibly one of the best things I've ever seen. I don't know how I don't know who thought of that, but two big thumbs up, man. That was funny.
That was so smart and and funny.
Yeah. It's just like even the actors they have in this film where is surprising. Yeah. Like again, dude, like uh Ian McKellen >> Dude, Ian McKellen out of nowhere as Death was so deep right up just like a just incredible man.
>> They didn't even They didn't even explain They didn't even explain that.
They just let Death loose. Yeah, pretty much.
>> They just let him loose to run wild, which was There was no solution to that. He's just He Now he actually is an entity that exists.
Very bizarre, but terrifying.
>> [ __ ] Terrifying. Ian McKellen with a scythe, that's something crazy, man. Not only that, but even Danny DeVito as the cat Oh my god, I can't believe I didn't pick up on that when he was first introduced. But I heard that cat's voice, I was like, this is familiar.
>> familiar voice, man. Oh my god, the one-liners, dude. I love the one-liners left and right, dude. They were so goddamn good. Oh my god. I just like I miss action films, man. Yeah.
>> That's it. It's very unfortunate, dude.
It's like it's literally in the title, The Last Action Hero, man. I miss the day in the golden age of action heroes with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold, uh Bruce Willis Even like yeah, dude, Van Damme in the in the movie That was perfect. That was beautiful. It's just like these guys, man, they they made awesome films, man. You know?
And he says like I really like how even like at the at the very end of the film, you know, he just like he he's telling Slater, I need you. I need you. And I feel like a lot of people could relate to that in the sense that these action heroes, like these action heroes that we've that you've grown up with or that you've watched, like they've inspired you. They've motivated you to do great things because they they they've defined a generation. You know, you see these characters defy the odds, you know, always saving the day, standing up, you know, being heroic and stuff like that. I feel like a lot of people like they've inspired so many people to be better than than what they actually are, which is incredible. Not they actually are, that was kind of rude. But I said like Yeah, it was horribly worded, but it makes them become better people.
>> It's like there's no there's no difference than superheroes. There's no difference at all? Well, a little bit because action heroes are a bit more grounded.
Bro, I don't know. Some of the [ __ ] they're doing is insane. That is true, man.
>> Like I'm sorry, man. I've seen some of the stuff that you saw some of the stuff he's doing. When he's blasting that dynamite in the air.
>> Not only that, but I've SEEN COMMANDO, MAN.
>> [laughter] >> I'M TELLING YOU, MAN. BRO, I literally in Commando, man, he's doing crazier things than superheroes can even do. All right? Like literally a one-man army just blasting people.
>> you, man.
That is true. But I just there's something about the action heroes, man.
There's just something about them that's just It's It's like a kind of just a love letter to that whole era. Yeah, and I miss that era. You know, I I just I wish you would bring it back. You know, let's bring back the action heroes. You know, I'm tired I'm tired of the superheroes, man. Sadly, I don't think it's going to happen.
>> It's unfortunate It's a I I I think you you you actually said something really great there. The action hero has been replaced by the superhero.
In a sense, yeah. Every every era of cinema has its like definitive like face, you know? Yeah. Right now for us, it it was been heavily the superheroes.
>> I'm wondering what's going to be next.
What comes after the superhero?
>> Dude, I don't know cuz we had the action heroes and then even back in the day I you could even like claim westerns. Oh.
>> Westerns had a whole era of in significance and greatness. Oh, that is true.
>> Yeah, those characters themselves were also incredibly badass.
>> And heroic. Yes. Yes. You know, that we there's always been eras of cinema and with slowly with a specific genre that leads it hard.
>> like the most I I think cinema needs a hero.
I think that's the biggest thing. You know? It doesn't matter how how it's portrayed, but like I feel like people need a hero. They need somebody to see, they need somebody to inspire them to do great, to do better things.
>> Sure, and that's right now if it's the superheroes, man. You see a lot of kids are being inspired nowadays by like Yeah.
>> Marvel, and which is crazy how it goes full circle cuz back in the day the comics were doing that themselves. Yeah.
>> But now as films it kind of rejuvenated that whole love. And um I daily you see like kids loving Spider-Man like crazy, man. Yeah, Spider-Man, Batman, Superman.
I truly see Spider-Man as the pinnacle of I see heroics. Just because it's like the just the concept of anyone can wear the mask, anyone can be the hero. I love that concept entirely.
>> No, I know. I feel like it Spider-Man's the one that I feel like anyone can relate to. You know, anyone can find something to relate to with Spider-Man. You know, I think Spider-Man's the most relatable hero that you can pick up on. And that's what makes Spider-Man so great.
>> Mhm. You know?
I don't know. I like I love The Last Action Hero. It's just such a great movie. Oh my god, I love when he just like kicks the guy and he hears like and he says, "Here's a couple acres."
Oh my god, there's just so many great lines, man. I just can't get over it.
>> Even like Charles Dance as the villain, perfect.
>> He's so great.
>> how >> And I love the see the thing is like, "Yeah, I left THE CHAMBER EMPTY." BANG!
THAT WENT HARD.
>> THAT WAS COOL. I ALSO like that he as he he as a henchman he started to become self-aware he's a henchman. Yep.
You know? It's just like it's like his influence of being into the in the movie it's almost like like we he's try he's like almost figuring out the things are a little bit weird. You know, especially the hero >> of like when he said like the the quote from um uh Sherlock Holmes, that sometimes the most the most illogical is the most logical explanation.
>> Yes. And I like how he he picks up and he he becomes far too smart after that.
>> Well, he always he always He always was.
It's just like he becomes self-aware of what he is. And I like how he just like ends up he surpasses henchman and just blasts his boss.
>> He goes against the grain.
>> That was SO COOL.
>> JUST SHOOTS him in the in the pool?
Dude, THAT WAS SO COOL.
>> I LOVE THAT. I THINK THE VILLAIN is so well done.
>> the part where he randomly shoots a guy and he's in THE STREETS LIKE, "I JUST SHOT A GUY!"
>> I DID IT ON PURPOSE.
>> YEAH. I was Damn, that kind of goes hard.
>> Dude, it went hard. And even like he saw like a guy got shot for his sneakers.
>> the line that he said, "In this world, bad guys can win." I was like, You see? Bro, if that ain't the truth, man.
>> That's the thing in the in the in cinema, the bad guys always lose. But in the real world, man, bad guys be winning like crazy. Like for example, a guy can chop for his sneakers. Yeah. Bro, that that happens. That Yeah, that's a legitimate That's a legitimate thing, you know.
>> LIKE ANY RATIONAL human being with a functioning brain is like, "Really? For a pair of shoes?"
>> yeah, that's bad, you know. That that that ain't cool, you know. But it's just like in the real world, it's just like There's people who will do that. Yeah, and sadly in the real world, you know, there there are good people, but there are bad people. A significant amount.
>> A significant amount.
A terrifying amount. Yeah. You know?
All you can do is be good and put good into the world. Do your best. That's all. Truly. That's it. In a world where bad guys can win, dude, you got to you got to be a good guy and get some wins of your own.
That's all I can say, man.
I don't know. Oh, no, man. I love this movie.
Yeah.
It is absolutely wonderful. The jokes are solid, insanely funny. It's It's I honestly I think I was getting a headache at some point. Cuz you're laughing so hard.
>> Cuz I'm laughing so hard. Not only that, but I think the action scenes are >> He watched the henchman die as well. I love it, man. Like the guy who had flying into the trash can he's just like the Wile E. Coyote with his little sign.
>> that, but even like electrocuted a guy and he started blasting his OTHER HE'S LIKE THAT IS CRAZY AS [ __ ] DUDE, BUT WITH THE ACTION in this is so like kind of like out there.
>> It's over the top and fun.
>> but that's the thing.
>> DOGS DOING A PYRAMID.
>> [laughter] >> THEY'RE WELL TRAINED.
>> YEAH, IT'S JUST like it's such a great movie. I like where he says like he's like, "Oh, I just have to snap my fingers like I'm going to rip OFF YOUR THUMBS."
>> YEAH! BRO, I BUT THAT'S THE THING THAT MAKES action here so cool. They're so bad ass, you know? They always see the right thing. They they look cool as hell. And not only that, they always have leather jackets. Is that a coincidence? I don't think so, man.
Like guys, go out there, get a leather jacket, man. You look 10 times cooler.
>> Arnold was perfect as well. Yeah.
Absolutely perfect, man. Arnold's like the Arnold's the goat, man. I I love Arnold. Arnold's the best. That's it. I genuinely love him. I think he's just like Arnold's like one of the greatest things that has ever come out of uh Hollywood. Yeah. That's it. Like straight up.
I love him to bits, man. I'll always be there for Arnold, 100%. I'll be seated for Arnold. I don't care what he does.
I'll be there. That's it.
Uh there's not much more to say, guys.
No, not really. It's kind of a movie where it's just like all we can do is just glaze the [ __ ] out of it. It's It's It's yeah.
It's a perfect No, but it's so much fun.
I think it's one of the most entertaining films I've seen in a long time.
>> concept, too. Yeah.
>> It's really funny.
>> it's a very smart film, especially when the when Slater's in reality and there's Arnold. Yeah. It starts to get very smart. Cuz when you do things like that, the writing needs to be intelligent, or else it's going to crumble. Yeah. They did it perfectly fine. No, it didn't feel weird. It didn't feel cringe at all. It was great. On that note, we're going to peace out, guys. We're going to peace out like all the bad guys. Yeah.
>> guys in cinema, man. We're going to peace out like them. Falling off buildings, BLOWING UP, GETTING EXECUTED, MAN. All that jazz.
See you guys in the next one. Woo!
>> [music]
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