ACTION-PACKED SUMMER: Last Action Hero (w/ Becca!)
“Who is Arnold Braunschweiger?”
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CONTENT WARNING: Audio of a gunshot, discussions of violence and murder, police officers.
Becca of Magic Folk returns to our show to talk about another truly bonkers movie, and one that is so close to being good. Action comedies were definitely a thing when this movie came out, but this movie amped the satire to its maximum limit, making ridiculously dumb action tropes into high comedy by constantly leaning into them. The performances are mostly great, too, but this movie tanked at the box office, and while it opened against one of the greatest blockbusters ever made, it’s not just unfortunate timing that tanked this movie. A whole team of screenwriters actually hurt, not helped this movie, and especially outside its amazing fantasy world, the movie just trips over itself. It’s no wonder the great John McTiernan really had to rethink making Hollywood movies after this. We’re on a wild ride this week as we review 1993’s Last Action Hero on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from “Last Action Hero,” written by Brian Wheat, Frank Hannon, Jeff Keith, and Tommy Skeoch, and performed by Tesla. Copyright 1993 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Clips taken from the film Last Action Hero are © 1993 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Welcome to Jurassic Park,” composed and conducted by John Williams. Copyright 1993 MCA Records, Inc.
Excerpt taken from “Big Gun,” written by Angus Young and Malcolm Young, and performed by AC/DC. Copyright 1993 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
