Arnold Schwarzenegger (“Commando”, “Predator”) stars in parody about himself and his onscreen performances in the messy “Last Action Hero”, directed by the John McTiernan (“Die Hard”).

In this movie, we meet a kid called Danny (Austin O’Brien “My Girl 2”), who is Jack Slater’s (a fictional onscreen Arnold persona) biggest fan. He is given a chance to see “Jack Slater IV” before it opens at his local cinema at a private screening. After he is given a magical ticket, he soon gets sucked into Jack Slater’s universe where he battles the evil Benedict (Charles Dance “Alien 3”) in a bid to save L.A. from the clichéd bad guys of the movie world.

Jack Slater is a boring character. Most of Arnold’s characters such as the Terminator and John Matrix in “Commando” are already so over the top they don’t need to be parodied as they’re already funny in their own unique way. For me, that makes the character seem quite unfunny but he does deliver a few good lines. Danny is incredibly bland character and not a good match for the tough cop Slater. Charles Dance gives a bland performance as the clichéd villain. Danny DeVito (“Twins”), Robert Patrick (“Terminator 2: Judgement Day”), Sharon Stone (“Basic Instinct”) and lots of other famous actors and actresses make appearance but all are forgettable.

My gripe with this movie is that the movie world seems too silly. It also doesn’t seem anything like the world we see when Danny is watching the films instead it feels like the world of “National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1”. The characters are bland, the cameos are annoying and the depiction of the real world seems weird and more dangerous than the movie world with criminals at every corner. Although, some of parts are amusing such as when Danny is trying to convince Slater he’s in a movie and some of the action scenes are good but the film just feels a little clumsy, which is a real shame.