Last Action Hero

As I was rewatching Last Action Hero for the first time in decades, I couldn’t get over how perfect this was. Not just the movie, but everything around it. I’d been meaning to rewatch the meta-Arnold Schwarzenegger love letter to action films for a while now but it just never happened. Years and years had passed since I thought about it. Then I noticed it popped onto Netflix, giving me zero excuses, and I realized the wait was the best thing possible. If I’d watched Last Action Hero any other year maybe it wouldn’t have worked as well as it does now. It’s an absolutely masterful blend of genres and tones that feels way more at home today than it did when it was released. You can read my full write up here. – Germain Lussier