This isn't the movies anymore.
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
FantasyActionComedyheromagicvillainparodychild in perilfilm in filmbreaking the fourth wallspoofmagical objectcartoon catticketself-referential
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Character
Nostalgic, unpretentious, ironic and plot-driven.
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
53 profiled raters. Loved most by The Cartographers; disliked most by The Genre Devotees.
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Cast
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerJack Slater / Self
- Austin O'BrienDanny Madigan
- Bridgette WilsonWhitney / Meredith
- F. Murray AbrahamJohn Practice
- Art CarneyFrank
- Charles DanceBenedict
- Frank McRaeLieutenant Dekker
- Tom NoonanRipper / Tommy Noonan
- Robert ProskyNick
- Anthony QuinnTony Vivaldi
Crew
- John McTiernanDirector
- Shane BlackScreenplay
- David ArnottScreenplay
- Dean SemlerDirector of Photography
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
- Richard A. HarrisEditor
- John WrightEditor
- John McTiernanProducer
- Stephen J. RothProducer
Where to watch
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