Last Action Hero (1993)
More like LAST ACTION ZERO. This one doesn't quite work ActionBabyz. Even with the blessing of the great Harry Houdini this movie lacks magic and never really takes off, also it sucks. The only thing that would have been more disappointing than this movie is an actual Jack Slater franchise. Anyway, "we'll be back...ha! I bet you didn't we were gonna say that...blah blah blah - who gives a fuck"
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I revisit 1:53:30 once a week for a pick me up
Cried laughing at the aggressive moon-roof mechanic and his dirty ass
Great ep! A fitting tribute to Mr. Houdini (1874-1926).
Was dying near the end when Ben’s impression of Nick sounded like a geriatric Kuffs
Scared sauna guy had me crying.
Ryan’s peewee impression remains flawless
the kid is pretty annoying. He should be in school not movies ran by homeless
Hell yeah
This movie rules
Animalympics talk around 1:37:00
This movie sucked but I laughed aloud at the cartoon cat and the Terminator 2 poster. Also I don't think I understood the plot as a kid.
Classic New York vs LA movie . I love the bright colors !
Somehow this movie had the elixir for me when I was a 12 year old actionbaby. There are some good parts in rewatch now but overall it’s a damn slog. Would like to see another take on this premise sometime in the future, perhaps with someone like Dave Bautista or John Cena.
Van Damme's deleted scene: https://youtu.be/ehyreixA10s
I was around 12 or something and for some reason, in a class, a teacher had us watch the German movie THE TIN DRUM which is has a bunch of nudity and violence, a lot of disturbing stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tin_Drum_(film)#Plot
Speaking of Terry Gilliams: please cover 12 MONKEYS!
I spotted Gabrus in the movie Scare Package the other day - a great new comedy horror anthology flick!
Anyone got a pic of Jim Belushi's wife? Asking for a friend...
In high school my English teacher showed Roman Polanski's "Macbeth" to the class which has full frontal nudity. Including a 12 year old boy's penis
Must have been a Catholic school
The Boyz didn’t care for this one? Guess that’s why the episode is 25 seconds shy of 3 hours
I saw the Romeo and Juliet movie in school too. The only thing I remember about it was that there were boobs
Haha same, it was 5th grade and our teacher had a few female students stand in front of the tv while he fast forwarded that scene so we couldn’t see. And I went to the side of them and snuck a peak and got caught. I actually felt bad because he was worried I’d tell my parents and he’d get fired so I never said anything....the memories the action boyz bring out
These kinds of episodes are the best, especially when they veer dangerously close into a shadow wolves episode.
Some really good toon talk in this ep
I kind of feel like the natural course of that conversation ends specifically with "would you have sex with the girl bunny from Space Jam?"
I think the Rabbi is a “joke” based on police slang for a mentor. I’ve read it in thrillers before.
This really hit home having a mid nineties Mercury Sable as my first car. When a girl asks what kind of car you drive during the prom-date gambit in that situation, let me tell you, walk away.
not much is funnier to me than the Van Damme impressions on this podcast- thank you, Boyz
ABz, do The ‘Burbs for HorrorBoyz. But don’t be hard on it, I can’t take it.
Same!!! I get nervous every time it gets mentioned but sounds like they all dig it.
I liked this as a kid, but even with my dumb kid brain I was annoyed by the inconsistencies of the logic like the cartoon cat. And hearing you guys talk about it I realized it should have been so much better
Also, speaking about knowing of the La Brea Tar Pits. As an east coast kid, it was totally this movie and another Austin O'Brien movie “My Girl 2” that tought me about them. Big one two punch for the pits in 93 and 94
if the movie was rated r and the kid was a young adult (maybe a janitor at the movie theater), then there could have been a lot more fun to be had here, and it could have been a straight up arnold classic. unfortunately, i have to blame the success of t2. arnold + annoying 90's kid = $$$, hence they made this into a kids movie. that being said, my dad rented it for my 9th birthday and i loved it.
What do you guys know about Cars sex?
Followed by the Pixar riff 😂.
Rodgers, while you are on your Verhoeven kick check out Black Book. It seems like a straight ahead nazi resistance movie but it takes some crazy turns. Also, the lead actress (red woman from GOT) is a smokeshow and is featured in a few classic Verhoeven uber-intense love scenes.
And while you're at it, watch Soldier of Orange (Verhoeven's other Dutch resistance movie from the 70s) after that. The main reason Black Book exists is that he was frustrated about not being able to pack everything he wanted to into SoO's script for 30 years. Has probably my favorite Rutger Hauer performance ever and is awesome enough that Spielberg saw it and recommended Verhoeven to direct a Star Wars sequel.
I had never seen this movie before and when Benedict used the ticket to go back and get The Ripper I was sure this movie was going to end with them using the ticket to save Slater's little boy. But no they never explored that line of thinking at all so F that fictional kid I guess.
"Fuck I just blew the love of my life" "That's what Nancy said"
The highlight of the episode & my day
There IS a good movie in there, its just a shame that the kid is un-fuckin-believably terrible. He is just tough to watch and listen to for 2 hours. I liked the movie as a kid, and had a good time re-watching it, it's not terrible.. just a couple degrees off from being a stone cold classic.
I’m with Stanger, what the fuck happened to that kid’s hands?? They looked like the hands of a mob enforcer.
Fighting off Hollywood predators between takes.
Listen I'm not usually that guy but how the hell can you say we haven't had a good American tennis player in forever? Serena Williams is the greatest of all time and she's still playing
They meant in the men’s game. Get what you’re saying, but it was unspoken in the context.
We had the option of watching this or Jurassic Park at the theater. My brother wanted to see Last Action Hero, and being older, his word was law. I think that is memory #1 in my list of "bad entertainment choices". # 2 is when I bought an N64, and instead of getting something good like Turok or Mario, I got fuckin' Blast Corps. Blast Corps sucks.
It's no Mario, but Blast Corps rules and I will not stand for this disrepect
This was the era of terrible 90s kids, I always group this shitty kid in with the kid from Kazam. Thanks for ruining my Shaq movie you fuck.
I distinctly remember this being the first time I fucking hated a kid in a movie when I was 10.
"Magic ticket my ass, McBain."
The 400 Blows (whilst a perfect porn title) is what Boyhood could’ve been with a good actor; the kid who starred in it played the same character at different stages of his life in a series of Truffaut films.
BUDDY DON'T GO BUDDY I'M SCARED!
I have fond memories of this movie because its when I discovered meta theatrics but after rewatch i can truthfully say this sucked utter dog dick
His shoes?
Records already have a hole in them. You're going to add more holes
This review is bullshit. This movie is awesome.
You and nine people found this interesting.
Deep Cover episode coming? Or was Gabrus just watching that for pleasure?
Love deep cover, that and king of New York are fantastic early fishburne roles
Hated it as a kid. Now I have nothing but respect for it.
I hated this as a kid, I felt so let down by Arnie.
I insisted on seeing this as a youngster with my family. I cringe when I remember my parents lying about how much they liked it to spare my feelings. This movie totally sucks.