Last Action Hero - Nostalgia Critic

[@plottwist3364]

Seems no one gets the self mockery this film is pulling to its own genre

[@greyarea6688]

Yep, I get it, is one of the reasons I love this movie to this day. Danny's reimagining of Hamlet is probably my favourite part because you can see how Hollywood will add wanton levels of violence and action to anything to make a movie ( and a quick buck) Personally I would still like to see the full length version of Hamlet with Schwarzenegger.

[@Philbert-s2c]

We get it. It just didn't work that well. Some of it did admittedly but not enough for most of us to like the film much. If you liked it and enjoy it, that's great. It's not total crap. It just could have been a lot better, IMHO.

[@wokeaf1242]

+Bender B. Rodriguez I agree with you. I did not think this was a good movie by any stretch, and it was odd because the over all premise was clever. I think Doug usually does a far better job pointing the funny inconsistencies of most bad movies but he missed the mark on this one. Most people did get the object of the police station scene, and the joke about all the cameos. the "well trained" dog scene had me in tears I was laughing so hard. Unfortunately it was the only scene in the movie that got that response. I just watched it way back then more bored than entertained. I cannot put my finger on way, but you are right the self-mockery was obvious and one of the things I thought simply should have worked. Audiences obviously did not agree.

[@MforMovesets]

+Bender B. Rodriguez It's not its own genre, the movie itself it's mocking 90s stupidity and action movie clichés. The movie within the movie however is meant to be B-material and trashy, but the kid still loves it. Just like we loved the crap we watched in the 90s back then when we were kids, but realize today how bad it is. That's the joke. It's like a parody IN a parody. Also: Screw KZbin for destroying punctuation when editing.

[@disguyovaheere8140]

+MwieZorro *80's

[@blzahz7633]

I think the movie is in someways brilliant and was ahead of its time.

[@DarkEclipse23]

Blz Ahz just like Demolition Man and other treasure gems :3

[@djb1317]

This to me is the pefect pastiche

[@sreyanchakravarty7694]

Thank you

[@okagron]

Given that other movies before did the whole spoof thing, it wasn't ahead of its time.

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

Yep. Super underrated

[@Joggi98]

The movie is ment to be silly because it's a PARODY of Schwarzenegger-Movies! It's not suposed to be good. Actually this movie is one of my guilty pleasures

[@raymanscape]

+HAL 9000 Same here!

[@juliendebroissia]

it's not my guilty pleasure... cuz I love this movie.

[@MforMovesets]

+HAL 9000 He would have understood if he wouldn't have skipped those "talking" scenes. Maybe. If he isn't dumb...

[@xylynthian753]

Just because it's a parody doesn't mean it can't be good. By your logic, Epic Movie is good too.

[@skywarnjlw3]

+HAL 9000 Exactly what I was gonna say, definitely a guilty pleasure of mine.

[@urbo92]

I just got it. This review is genius. This review is a parody of NC reviews. NC is parodying himself criticizing pointless details or missing the point altogether and getting annoyed at small inconsistencies. I mean, there is no chance that he is serious here.

[@harrysmith5722]

kek

[@stefanm.734]

That's possible. One thing is for sure: Doug did get that it was a parody. He was trying to show that once you removed the satirical strappings, there was nothing of substance. Guess he should have made that more clear.

[@TheExtremeNerd]

@stefan m. dude, you've commented that how many times? screaming for attention much

[@francoisuntel6238]

lol

[@lenlimbo]

@@stefanm.734 And, as they told you, that doesn't fly when it *is* a parody. Let's go with a different example, as the one they gave you didn't work last time. Let's see... It's like saying a videogame is boring once you take out the things that make it fun. In other words, it's like saying "once you take everything that makes it good, it is bad". Well, guess what. You can make EVERYTHING sound bad with that way of thinking.

[@The_RedVIII]

I can't take this "review" seriously because Last Action Hero is one of the most underrated movies of all time. A brilliant satire.

[@littlefieryone2825]

You say that very seriously, while talking about a review that's not meant to be taken seriously.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

I fully agree.

[@travisdelafuente1150]

But I sure can! This movie sucks and tries to hard to be a action parody movie. This review kicks more ass and its one of my all-time favorites! Critic knows what he's talking about here. Don't know what you were talking out of your ass.

[@littlefieryone2825]

@Joeinglez1 Thanks for reminding me that 6 years ago I impulsively defended Doug's content from everything.

[@Tornado1994]

@@travisdelafuente1150 Agreed. I first when to go see it when opened. PISSED me off something awful.

[@MovieLover1995]

This movie has a kick-ass soundtrack. It's got AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, Def Leppard, Megadeth, Anthrax, Tesla, Cypress Hill, etc.

[@Jebu911]

Its also fucking amazing movie I dont get how NC doesnt understand it. I mean he could dislike it but its obviously a good parody movie

[@davidshovlin2783]

Ache: A dull pain. Acre: A unit of land. He's giving him aching testicles. It's a double entendre. Classic Arnold one-liner.

[@6Rangiku9]

Didnt see your comment before i commented.

[@tjacree6910]

Yeah a terrible not making sense one

[@jesusrox4u]

Yeah...cause testicles getting hurt is a dull pain...oh wait...No, it’s not...it hurts a lot...

[@Reverendshot777]

@@jesusrox4u Yes but it aches after.

[@jesusrox4u]

@@Reverendshot777 Yeah, I know from personal experience. I've gotten kicked there before.

[@geoffreyporter7567]

I have a theory about why so many people seemed to dislike this movie: it came out way too early. It premiered just as the types of films it was mocking were beginning to turn stale, and the type of surrealist meta humor it was going for wouldn’t gain popularity for another 15 years or so... watching this movie with the benefit of 25 years of perspective, a lot of the jokes come off a subtle but clever jabs that didn’t explain themselves because the director respected the audience enough to trust that they would pick up on the satire without having it shoved in their faces. The result is a movie that holds up much better than a lot of the movies it was satirizing.

[@Jebu911]

True i saw this around late 90's on tv and it was perfectly mocking all the other buddy action movies that tv was showing.

[@Nitrobotti]

This was the first NC review that I didn't like at all because I actually like Last Action Hero.

[@brownmsoe]

+Nitromian Good old 90's fun.

[@istoOi]

+Nitromian yea, it's the same here. The movie in the movie is supposed to be a overdrawn parody of an action movie (if theis make sense). And the bad jokes fit into it. It feels like NC just throw a coin to either make a positiv or negativ review on this.

[@JakeTakesTheCakes]

+Nitromian He 100% missed the point of the movie.

[@prismaticcrow]

+Nitromian Completely agree. I love NC, but come on. He's complaining about the bad puns, corny action, and silly cameos, when that is the whole point of the movie! It's a parody of action movies that pull these same stunts! Completely lost me on this one, NC.

[@thesupermanticore]

I agree! I have no problem with him reviewing films I like but it felt like he was reaching, he's making fun of a movie that's making fun of its self

[@twash2186]

13:25 she was yelling so the bad guys outside the room were not aware that she had beaten the guys that were with her. They might have found it strange if she suddenly stopped screaming for help.

[@Zerpderp0]

That's bloody brilliant

[@SQUIDWORD15]

@@Zerpderp0 Danny uses this tactic when fighting Benedict on the roof

[@Nate_M_PCMR]

I don't know how Critic didn't get it

[@lecafard4327]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who figured it out. Someone on the TV Tropes page also completely misinterpreted the scene as well.

[@scotttrail522]

@@Zerpderp0 I thought she was just pointlessly screaming, back when my brothers and I watched it.

[@ilcool90]

Last action hero is a brilliant spoof. It was never supposed to be taken seriously. I can watch it over and over and over

[@StormBringer1966]

07:10 The sax is a reference to Lethal Weapon's Murtaugh. Also there's a reference to Die Hard (musically)

[@FirebirdCamaro1220]

and Michael Kamen (RIP) scored all 3 movies

[@djb1317]

The slow motion fall was a clear die hard parody

[@Dim4323]

Saxophone: haaaaa ha ha ha

[@warrenlewis4349]

@@djb1317: I wonder if they tricked Arnold with counting to two instead of three like they pulled with Alan Rickman.

[@Nate_M_PCMR]

Die hard reference right after Danny talks about Karl

[@onlynexus]

She screams so they don't go into the room and stop her from beating up the baddies. How did you miss that?

[@Jebu911]

Yeah this review made me think NC is just fucking dumb sometimes.

[@LiveNiceness14]

Arnold in Hamlet. I’m getting Fairly Odd Parents vibes here. “I’ll be back.” “With weapons.”

[@ultimaT]

To be, or not to be... ANNIHILATED!"

[@trackatlas6626]

To be back or not to be back...

[@Axxelbar]

I'll be back....with weapons.....AND PAIN.

[@dilbophagginz]

That was the first time I heard of Arnold, except in the show his name was Arnold Schwartzengermen

[@03bgood]

Jorgan Von Strangle

[@plottwist3364]

2:00 was funnier in french. They went with "do you like omelettes? Here, let me break some eggs"

[@counterstructure4908]

+Bender B. Rodriguez In german, i think, it was the pancake or cake version.

[@LeFinisterin]

+Bender B. Rodriguez i agree, i don't know if you are french or not, but i am, and the line you quote is very good in french as you said^^

[@ansiaaa]

+Bender B. Rodriguez I don't remember what he says in the italian version, but yeah I agreee! another joke that was better translated it's the ice-cream one. here in Italy Arnold says: "un ice-criminale in meno", which is "one less ice-creaminal". it would have worked in english too!

[@mrblonde609]

Nah, he says "Willst du ein Omlette backen, musst du vorher Eier knacken." which is basically the same thing as in the french dubbing.

[@RiccardoSchuhmann]

It's omelette too (willst du dir'n Omelett backen, musst du vorher Eier knacken)

[@toddgarver5397]

Last Action Hero is pure gold! I love this film

[@TheGreatLKHS]

1 = The projectionist was not "a stranger", so the Sonic Says joke doesn't really fit properly. 2 = The joke behind the Robert Patrick's T-1000 and Sharon Stone's Basic Instinct character to come out of the Los Angles police station because the movie tries (but fails) to show that all films take place in the same universe. Basic Instinct had the famous interrogation scene. The T-1000 pretended to be an LA cop, and went to the police station at some point for research. That is also why a cartoon police cat, a black & white Humphrey Bogart, and numerous odd pairing cop partnerships are there too. All police themed movies in a singular universe. It's not that complicated. I figured that out when I first saw it, and I was in my teens. For someone that studies movies, I don't understand why you didn't comprehend the joke.

[@atemsera2426]

+D. Barton something you need to talk about?

[@CinemaBiohazard]

I just realized that Danny, being a film geek, probably knew Sharon Stone in that role for a reason and that was the whole 'legs crossing/uncrossing' bit and that just made me cringe. Yeah he's a teen boy and we all go through puberty but growing up on the cusp of porn was just so damn weird.

[@gaminggoof1542]

I thought Sharon Stone was there because she was in Total Recall with Arnold

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

The T-1000 never went to a police station, he used a patrol car database link for the info he needed.

[@promontorium]

The cameos had nothing to do with shared universe. They were just jokes.

[@drakocarrion]

The "here's a couple of achers" joke is really straightforward.

[@djb1317]

It's a perfect joke, Doug approached this entire movie in the most bizarre way, considering this is the sort of humour he generally shoots for

[@tofikk]

Just wanted to write the same comment. How come? If anyone in a about a year (is March 11 2022 today) comes here with the same intention please leave a mark because that’s funnier than the acre joke itself. Is this about the same sounding of acres (as in land distance) and achers (parts of body that will be aching?)

[@teamstarpug]

@@tofikk June 2022 now, I remember watching this review when it originally came out. Literally opened up the video to check if anyone noticed NC just didn't get the achers joke. Now I'm thinking about "Why does it look like Vegas!" too.

[@grizzly_manbanimation8436]

He literally explained it and still didn’t get it

[@wolf1066]

I think NC's trying too hard to imitate Jeremy from CinemaSins.

[@shanweeboy]

I think this movie is funny as all hell. Idk what the critic's problem was.

[@stanley1698]

+LT Gen Klink He didn't know it was a spoof.

[@nathanielblanco1258]

Can't the man just not like whatever movies he wants? He already shared his real thoughts on the movie, saying he still hated it despite it beig a spoof.

[@shanweeboy]

Nathaniel Blanco He can dislike whatever he so chooses. That ability to dislike doesn't preclude others from disliking his dislike however.

[@JamesEDonaldson]

+LT Gen Klink I like that the reasons he freaks out at things being in the movie, is exactly the reason those things are in the movie.

[@lassiharkonen4538]

Ian Malcolm Yeah, It's like calling The Cabin in the Woods just another generic horror film instead of spoof.

[@SPM0717]

4:10 Can't stop cracking up at Critic's reaction. That scene was indeed unusually dark for this movie.

[@LandRunProductions]

Goddamn, Doug. You completely missed the point of this movie.

[@stefanm.734]

Doug did get that it was a parody. He was trying to show that once you removed the satirical strappings, there was nothing of substance. Guess Doug should have made that more clear.

[@theshlauf]

If he wanted to go that angle he should not have nitpicked those scenes as if he didn't get the joke. He should have simply complained about why the jokes didn't work.

[@sonicstormer]

"... once you removed the satirical strappings, there was nothing of substance." Which would be valid criticism if it weren't satire. It's like saying a stand up performance has nothing of substance if you remove the comedic strappings.

[@cartoonnetworkdisneyxdsupe6864]

sonicstormer Except great comedies, parodies, and horror films all have strong characters and substance underneath them. The best movies stand as just movies on their own in addition to their genre.

[@DM-kv9kj]

@@cartoonnetworkdisneyxdsupe6864 So you're saying Last Action Hero should have had strong, complex characters? Despite it being a movie specifically about deliberately shallow movie characters and a dumb little kid? Despite the storyline itself being a parody of crappy action movie tropes? Jeez, so many idiots masquerading as intellectuals online these days, "LOOK AT ME LOOK HOW INTELLIGENT I AM!!"

[@chucheeness7817]

Even after all these years, I still like this movie. It's still pretty entertaining and it was my introduction to ACDC as a kid. Also, everybody refers to Charles Dance as his character in Game of Thrones, but this is what I know him from. edit: 20:25 Well, funnily enough when I was a kid this movie also introduced me to _The Seventh Seal_

[@paulgillie5868]

My first introduction to memory to ACDC was maximum overdrive. I was a hard-core big arnie fan and hearing acdc again in a big movie was amazing and got more into them in my early teens.

[@thealiencommunicator]

Is that main antagonist Tywin Lannister?

[@JamesEDonaldson]

I love this movie and always saw it as the Last Action Movie. Basically having everything you'd find in your cheesy 80's action movie, while also spoofing it, on top of having another more realistic angle to show the parallel. What happens in the movie world is almost like a cartoon, to the point there's a cartoon cat, what happens in the real world has more impact while not being as flashy. Guns need to be reloaded, our movie hero's life is rather tragic if you think about it. He can have interests that might not seem manly. This movie is genius.

[@EbonyPope]

I particularly loved the scene where he discovered classical music through the kids mom and how the kids complains to get that Arnold's manliness would be ruined from now on. :D By the way that was challenging gender norms before it became an absolute must due to political correctness. In that way way ahead of its time.

[@alockh06]

You completely missed the point of this movie with this review. It's not meant to be serious, every part of it is total parody. The whole joke went over Dougs head I think

[@littlefieryone2825]

You say that about a review that's not meant to be serious either.

[@MrDruism]

Martin Johnson exactly! Everyone misses that point!

[@TheWarmotor]

This was one my first 'meta' experiences and introduced me to the joys of self-reference. I still think it's smarter than any other Arnold movie.

[@bastardtubeuser]

seeing this film in the uk it went over very well, i consider it one of Arnold's best films, its like an american theme park ride, amazing movie.

[@djb1317]

It definitely has a Pythonesque element to it

[@ophyisafish]

I feel like the critic knew it was a spoof but just needed stuff to complain about

[@darthcinema4262]

It's not a good parody.

[@greenbean747]

Tune in next week to see the Nostalgia Critic point out all the plot holes and logical inconsistencies in The Naked Gun.

[@tonyesqueda9186]

11:25 everything you are complaining about this movie is meant to be ironic. All the nonsense and cliches were done deliberately. It knows what it is and it is embracing it through the roof. Hell the movie even came with its own movie critic (yes the kid), to serve as a sort of mediator. Because it knew it was just going to fly over the heads of most critics. But it knew that it didn't need to explain itself to action movie buffs. It was funny love letter to 80s and early 90s action movie fans. So I say thank you John Mcteirnan and thank you Arnold for a great gift.

[@XanthinZarda]

Oh, I get it. It's a pisstake of how stupid sequels get. He was watching Jack Slater IV, after all.

[@robbiewalker2831]

+XanthinZarda Yes, and he has difficulty to understand the difference with how Acres sounded similar to aches, and that an acre is 220 yards (1:48 - 2:19).

[@XanthinZarda]

Robert Walker Betcha he'd want to review this again now that he understands.

[@robbiewalker2831]

XanthinZarda No, I get what he's trying to say. Sometimes puns are hard to perfect. Besides, doesn't he have a "Real Thoughts on" video about it?

[@eggsamillion]

3:11 Quality writing and editing, Doug.

[@jjvagnar1]

This is the worst ever Nostalgia critic review I've ever seen. This is the equivalent of trying to take Scary movie seriously as a horror movie. I can't believe he just doesn't get it.

[@oliversmith4548]

John Erlwanger Oh, for fu--HE DOES!! He still doesn't like it! Seriously, I'M SICK OF PEOPLE NOT GETTING THIS.

[@littlefieryone2825]

Or perhaps the equivalent of trying to take an online comedy review seriously.

[@stefanm.734]

Doug did get that it was a parody. He was trying to show that once you removed the satirical strappings, there was nothing of substance. Guess Doug should have made that more clear.

[@francoisuntel6238]

.... so what you are saying is all he says is bullshit? OF COURSE !...not. he just missed to point, that is no crime, we all make appreciative mistake sometime, after all.

[@francoisuntel6238]

copy paste?....

[@dansur3]

It's a little strange watching Nostalgia Critic criticize a movie I've never seen and yet, just by watching his review, I can tell that I would disagree with him. The two Flintstones movies for example.

[@johnryan6019]

All these years later and you're still wrong.

[@hypermonkeybird4945]

All these years and you still don't get the video.

[@DieHardjagged]

+HyperMonkeyBird All these Years and you still dont fucking get what he meant with his Comment.

[@oliversmith4548]

John Ryan Pfffffft lol

[@mintsjams8862]

A year after this comment and I must say you are extremely pretentious for saying a man's opinion is wrong. Even I disagree with the critic, but I'd never call him wrong for thinking differently.

[@stefanm.734]

NC thinks the movie has nothing of substance under it's parody strapping. That's not wrong, that's simply a different way of looking at it.

[@jenniferthomas288]

Actually really really like the scene where the daughter is screaming while she beats the shit out of the henchman. It makes it seem like she is being attacked and is trying to defend herself. If she wasn't screaming and they heard the crashing in the banging they would know that she was the one on attack and the other henchman would go help and she would get out number. But she was able to get the gun from him by making it seem like she was still the damsel and distress. Really clever idea.

[@SoujiMonaru]

Anyone here realize that this is a parody, right? An old one at that, so it may not have anything to do with Doug's real thoughts on the movie, you know......and I for one appreciate this as such, and enjoy it.

[@thetokenblack8628]

I realised that lake a few mins in but it seem a lot of other people don't

[@Maryannkf]

+Souji Monaru I know this comment is two months old, but I have to ask, what is this a parody of? he's pointing out things he thinks are flaw in the movie, thats what he always does. what is he doing differently?

[@SoujiMonaru]

maryann ferrara Nothing. That's why I said what I did. His shtick is parody, so people not understanding that is strange to me...

[@Maryannkf]

Souji Monaru most movies he review actually suck, and he points out legitimate mistakes or unfunny jokes and stuff like that. In this he completely glossed over the fact that this movie is meant to be satire and not taken so seriously. The NC did a bad job reviewing this, even though normally he is amazing.

[@Testimentsnow]

Souji Monaru he isn't doing a parody he is doing what he always does. He just didn't get the movie

[@beautyforashes2022]

This is a really neat premise for a movie, so many possibilities. It would be really cool if they took this same idea and created a whole new movie out of it, with a new plot and characters.

[@Frug4l]

After watching this video I just realized: You didnt understand the movie at all.

[@SirKirk2000]

After reading this comment I just realized: You didn’t understand the review at all.

[@night-seeker666]

@@SirKirk2000 (I know that I'm not the guy you replied to) Yes, I found out due to comments that this review is to show that if you take off the restraints of 'it's a parody' it has no substance, but why do that for a parody? That's like if I said that if stand-ups weren't about comedy, it would have no substance. (Yes I took that from another commenter)

[@originoflogos]

This is one of the most glaring reviews where Doug doesn’t understand the point of the movie he’s criticizing. The whole movie is a parody of the buddy cop action genre. It doesn’t take itself seriously. And he doesn’t even catch some obvious reincorporation in the film. For example, the burglar challenges Danny to kill him because earlier Danny was criticizing how Hamlet wouldn’t just kill Claudius. “Don’t talk, just do it!” But, as Shakespeare shows that killing someone isn’t effortless-since it takes a mental and spiritual fortitude to fully commit to the action-the burglar scene teaches Danny that his shallow understanding that people can easily kill others in cheesy action films shouldn’t be conflated with seriously difficult decisions. And this is just ONE obvious example of Doug just not catching a moral in this film.

[@Jebu911]

True i think he actually in some other review says that he was kinda wrong about this movie but he just doesnt like the movie which is fair but his takes in this review are bad.

[@SixtoStreet]

3:51 To be or not to be... ANNIHILATED!!!

[@tmzissupergay]

I find this comment to be fairly odd

[@tigertoonist2718]

"I'll be back... With weapons..."

[@pamelacorpuz4559]

Rubber baby buggy bumpers.

[@orhanamin1347]

Vanity, thy name is…insert clever pun here.

[@Pocketz_DK]

I honestly think you saw this movie for what you wanted it to be and not what it actually was. I really liked it. Sure there wasnt any award winning performances but it kept me thuroughly entertained.

[@MarkyMatey]

This is one of his worst reviews hands down.

[@Ellthom]

+Mgen Strange . Not as bad as Barts Nightmare but yea it is quite bad mainly because he fucked up one of the actors names in the movie and had to re-dub himself many times throughout the video to cover it up. Still there are some saving jokes from it. :)

[@dgambo1985]

+Mgen Strange totaly agree. how does he not get the couple of akers? i stopped the video there.

[@ironmaster6496]

yup along with the small soldiers , and the hocus pokus one ( if thats considered a review ) too much hate to films that arent really bad

[@MarkyMatey]

Ellthom Well the biggest reason why this review fail is because he missed the point.

[@Ellthom]

Mgen Strange true, alot of jokes don't work in this but to be fair the movie wasn't that good anyway, it wasn't bad or awful it was very meh! I seem to like it a lot more than NC does, but this was one of his earlier reviews, you can give a little doubt to that. Then again there have been many reviews Doug has done where I felt he doesn't get it the way I do but thats life, people going to hate what you love or even just not get it like you do. For example he said he didn't get the humor of the Sam and Max cartoon and though kids wouldn't either yet when I was a kid I got that sort of humor. I don't go around expecting NC to think the way I do. People are going to have different tastes than you. Got to accept it dude! IF he misses the point or not, it just didnt connect with him, I think the same way about Godfather, I hate that movie yet everyone loves it. Me, I just don't get it either, but I am not going to shoot others down just because I don't understand it the way others do.

[@yashamaga13]

last action hero is one of the best satirical comedies ever made. brilliant movie. im surprised that the whole thing seems to have gone way over your head

[@SouthCalifas619]

Whats with the new inserted prosky dubbing?

[@muffcz]

+SouthCalifas619 He got confused. He thought Prosky was another actor and finally caught his mistake.

[@thelastholdout]

+SouthCalifas619 My guess is he got the guy's name wrong or something.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

In this original video, he kept referring to Prosky as Art Carney.

[@grizzly_manbanimation8436]

He explained this in his top 11 f ups video. He confused Robert prowsky for art carney. He caught it early on and edited it but due to another mistake, the original unedited audio was uploaded and it was fixed eventually, but was up for at least a day or 2.

[@CJ-pw6el]

Angry Again by Megadeth Was One Of The Best Songs On The Movies Track

[@OhGlory-kc5lm]

This film was a parody not an actual action movie

[@SirKirk2000]

He knows it’s satire, he just doesn’t like it.

[@SirKirk2000]

In fact this review is meant to be a satire of his reviews.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

This review is basically Nostalgia Critic not understanding what a parody is for 22:45.

[@YassineTorchani-dc2cm]

In his defense, how was he supposed to know ?

[@thebottomtext]

this is a bad "parody" (satire, actually) though.

[@thetokenblack8628]

I know the Nc ain't stupid so Im assuming he's playing with us

[@naranciaisbestboi125]

+Anthony McDonald He is. Watch Doug's "Real Thoughts" on this movie.

[@thetokenblack8628]

+Spock says dying is illogical I guess you're right

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Nearly 9 years after first watching this, and I still think it is NC's worst review.

[@V4Now]

The opening joke was fine, Farmers need land, land is often calculated in acres, and acher is a would often used for multiple pains refering in this case to testicles, geez I got that ass a kid Doug, you over thought that one Doug. What you should've made a joke of was how far he was kicked, i mean good grief, Imagine having internal affairs getting to the bottom of that! XD

[@MrDruism]

People keep commenting that the movie is a spoof, so is the review!!! Do you guys take the nostalgia critics reviews seriously? It's supposed to be funny, it's not a serious review. It's the nostalgia critic, not Siskel and Ebert!

[@ChadJonesAYelpInTheDark]

1) That dog scene is freaking hysterical. 2) She kept screaming so that the other badguys didn't know that she was kicking butt. 3) I want to see his Hamlet.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

For all the people who say he doesn't get its a spoof... YES HE DOES! LATER ON, HE SAYS THAT HE THINKS IT'S A BAD SATIRE OF ARNOLD MOVIES! SO LIGHTN UP! And for those who don't like the skits he does, he's trying to parody the movies he reviews. Like in Hocus Pocus, he's trying to overplay the goofiness in the movies. AI, he's blatantly making fun of TMZ, and trying to explain how close Spielberg and Quibrik were. Force Awakens: He's saying how similar it is to #4, and is also following up on a joke about a holiday with Gungans, a joke from his Star Wars Holiday Special Review. And just be glad he looks at these movies at all. For 10 years no less! So be thankful for these reviews. And just see all the likes he gets.

[@NickZephyr]

Idk why, but the Nostalgia Critic's Arnold impression cracks me up xD

[@tenkz961able]

His Sylvester Stallone one is better

[@travisdelafuente1150]

One of my favorite NC reviews and honestly he should have put this for Arnold Schwarzenegger Month! I don't get the hate for this one this is one awesome review!

[@thegentry3781]

I'm surprised that the NC didn't get the acres joke

[@diegobareno5820]

You got the joke?

[@promontorium]

@@diegobareno5820 it took me awhile. A couple of achers, as in a couple of aching balls. But the pun is acre is also an area of land

[@ss4gogeta05]

promontorium how can that take any amount of time to get? And he’s also getting kicked really far away. It works in a lot of different ways.

[@TaliZVasTyria]

13:31 "you're screaming when you're in trouble" critic...i thought you would be smarter than this, she kept screaming to make the bad guys think she is still being held hostage and hasn't grab a gun

[@CteCrassus]

I actually never thought about that. I just thought that a girl stereotypically screaming in panic while being improbably badass was a hilarious contradiction.

[@CheeseburgerFreedomMan]

PUT THE COOKIE DOWN!

[@nicolemellott1590]

yes we must stop the senseless cookie related violence

[@Dorian_Scott]

IT'S A BOMB!!

[@night-seeker666]

NOW!!

[@DoesNotComphoot]

I just love the hundreds of people excusing every single flaw of this film because it's a parody. It's not like other parody films like "Epic Movie" and "Superhero Movie" are judged even though they're essentially parody omnibuses. :)

[@Lowlightt]

They arn't excusing the flaws of the film, its just the flaws he mentioned in the review arn't flaws of the film. They're pretty much the whole reason of the film which is to play into the parody theme. There are plenty of flaws in this movie, however NC didn't actually focus on any of them. He just took shots at things that most people rightly noted went over his head. I mean how can you make point out bad acting as being a flaw when they were doing bad acting to poke fun at bad B level action movies? Its like going to see a comedian, the comedian does an impersonation and you say "hey thats not his real voice". Doug simple missed the bar on this film completely and people obviously didn't feel the same way.

[@Ralpheo]

How can you not get this movie!? Its not that clever but it's clearly satire. You didn't even get the logical stuff. Like when Charles Dance explodes after being shot in the eye. It's because his glass eye is a bomb!? This was clearly explained earlier in the movie when one of these explosive glass eyes were used to blow up a building. I kind of get the impression that you think this movie is dumb, but the truth is I think the movie is smarter than you. Maybe you should watch it again and do a follow up, this movie has a lot of positives.

[@Ralpheo]

Just like Last Action Hero, maybe this review is a parody of itself!? At least you can use that excuse Doug!

[@benm5970]

So “Getting it” means “You have to like it”?

[@Nate_M_PCMR]

@@benm5970 he meant that Critic didn't like it because he didn't get it and if he got it he would've liked the movie or at least not hate it

[@benm5970]

@@Nate_M_PCMR Well I got it and I still didn’t like it

[@Nate_M_PCMR]

@@benm5970 do you hate it like Critic does?

[@samkresil6011]

7:51 Well, it is basically like in the Master of Disguise where the characters in the film keeps pointing the flaws IN the film and makes the audience feel unnessacery in a self-aware way.

[@WinterFox1000]

after watching his video where he said he had to edit the audio in this review because he got one of the actors names wrong I can't "un hear" that small random bit of audio change.

[@Chrinik]

8:30...Critic...let me level with you here. I know this video is old, I don´t care. I love your stuff so I gotta critique it when I feel it justified. It makes perfect sense for those characters to make a cameo...as both Basinger (who was interrogated by Police) and the T-1000 (who disguises as a cop) had connections to the police in their movies, the movie is implying they where at THIS PD, at the same time...like this "movie world" is a coherent continuity. The Cartoon cat...okay.

[@slimithy12]

Someone seriously missed the point of the entire movie. I say no names.

[@RyanDeimerly]

"Hi Kids! Welcome to Kamp Krusty! Hoo huh hoo heh ha heh! I'll see you in a few weeks! Until then, I turn things over to my bestest buddy in the whole wide world, . I want you to treat with the same respect you would give me. Now here's !"

[@Benjooooo77]

The first time I saw this review all I could think of was how the hell Doug didn't get the couple of acres one liner, seriously, what is so hard to understand, I love ya Doug but hopefully a 10 year old has explained it to you by now.

[@flauschewoelkchen9001]

Nooo. ; _ ; I was so happy to see you reviewed this movie, because I love it so much, it is one of my favorite parodies and I love to see Arnold Schwarzenegger showing so much self irony. There's nothing more sublime than being able to laugh about oneself. I'm really upset you didn't get the humor and intention of the film - and all the references, because this is a really good movie.

[@kozlorog]

You forgot something, people. You forgot, that critic always one step further. He knew perfectly well we love 'Last Action Hero' - the parody on all those action movies of 80-s and 90-s. The positive review would be EXPECTED. And EXPECTED = BORING. Do you really need to be pointed out that 'well trained dogs' scene is funny? Hell, no, you dumbass, you know it yourself! You come here for some fresh opinion. Critic has put you out of you comfort zone, mocking the mocking movie. The whole video is mocking critic as well. His overreaction on some silly moments, screamings, seeing jokes from 'weird plot way' rather than 'funny' way. Hell, even comeos. Personally I was amazed to see 'Liquid terminator' (never got his name) walking out of the police station. Few seconds and so much happy memories giving you chills. Critic mocked it as unnecessary and stupid. This is the mocking video of itself on the mocking video of it's genre.

[@kozlorog]

Fix: This is the mocking video on itself about the mocking movie on its genre.

[@DM-kv9kj]

​@@kozlorog It's just a bad job at making a parody review then. Sorry.

[@SarahConnor618]

I really don't get why everybody is hating this movie, I LOVED IT and thought it was one of his better ones like True Lies, Total Recall, Red Heat, Terminator 2 and Kindergarten Cop.

[@FirebirdCamaro1220]

even Married...With Children took a shot at this movie, which made me sad

[@QueenJosu]

7:01 just listen to Arnold saying, "IT'S A BOMB!!" I just love 'em.

[@fierysmile2929]

The joke at 14:35 is given a nod when the chief is screaming at Jack and Danny. He slips in a "cocksucker" in his rant. Jack can't say the F-word because the chief was already scripted to use up the profanity limit.

[@skabcat242]

As goofy as this movie was, I liked it.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

I THINK I GOT WHY HE FORGOT THE POINT OF THIS MOVIES HUMOR! It's a satire of NC reviews! Think about it! -He misses the point of the movie, yet gets the satire of Batman and Robin!? -He makes fun of way more plot threads than usual, yet he didn't in IT!? -He wants more action, yet thinks to much is a bad thing!? See! That's how it works!

[@coosoorlog]

I love this film. It's silly, it's juvenile, it's nonsensical, and it's part of my childhood.

[@Tornado1994]

I was around in 1993 and its clear you weren't. I remember going with my family to see this film. The Theater was half way full at first, but 60 minutes in, about 25 people were left. People WALKED out, some people actually sat down and listened to CDs, Kids and Teens brought in Gameboys,Game Gears and Tiger Handhelds. Couples made out. NOBODY paid any attention to the film. I was 10, and so bored and consumed by this overrated lackluster snoozer, that I went out to the Lobby and played Arcade games for 30 minutes, by the time I got back, the film was almost over, Mom and Dad just sat there disgusted, my 5 year old Baby Brother had fallen asleep and audiences WANTED to get to the END CREDITS already. We left the theater PISSED OFF. People felt RIPPED OFF by the film because it was NOT advertised as a Satirical Comedy Action film. Not even once. And BTW, the Movie SUNK at the Box Office. Enough Word of Mouth TANKED this borefest.

[@charlottewolery558]

@@Tornado1994 Yeah I was there too. I LOVED this film. Because I took it's premise dead serious. This was an alternate reality where somehow the writers of the Jack Slater had Lovecraftian influence over Jack Slater's life during the course of the movies but no where else. Those things that don't make sense about Slater's world are (mostly) because they they aren't native to our world. But selective editing allows for the illusions our world and theirs overlap. The one exception to this is the tar, but I think Slater's been through so much impossible shit at this point, he just shrugs it off. I mean if I was covered in tar and it came off that easily, I sure as fuck wouldn't jinx it. The movie works as a subversive because it poses a lot of deep questions about authorship, responsibility to characters, everything meta, clashing visions of reality and how fragile those visions really are. It's philosophically and existentially utterly fascinating, and I'm sorry you can't get the past the 'movies aren't real' crap when the very premise of the movie is "But what if they are?!" And it does a damn good job exploring that from the POV those universes are actually real and independent while being actively influenced by the writers of another. It's like Delirious or the 13th Floor, which it's sandwiched between.

[@Tornado1994]

@@charlottewolery558 You weren't around in 1993.

[@charlottewolery558]

@Tornado1994 figit you I was a tween when it came out. Heck I remember the LA riots and saw the collapse of the USSR on live TV at my grandparents house.

[@Tornado1994]

@@charlottewolery558 You mean when CBS Cancelled ALL Saturday Morning Programming on May 2,1992 showing footage of the Rodney King Riots? Yeah. I remember. Very Fondly. Was in Elementary School at the time. I was 9. And Pissed Off that they cut off all the Cartoons that Morning to show the footage.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

Later on, Doug said he hates the movie on its own, and doesn't care if its a satire. Even with that fact, he thought the film was boring, and made no sense.

[@Tornado1994]

So do I. Saw it when it opened back in Early Summer '93. Pissed me off something awful.

[@Philbert-s2c]

The Last Action Hero was a first class idea for a film that was executed badly. There are some very good performances here, mostly by the trio of evil, Anthony Quinn, F. Murray Abraham, and especially the great Charles Dance. The rest of it....weakly written, badly directed and well, Ahnold being Ahnold. All that having been said, I don't hate it. It's silly and it's stupid but it's amusing in some spots. It would have benefited from a better actor playing the kid...and with Ahnuld toning it down a bit.

[@maciejkowalski2759]

I don't understand how 'Ahnold being Ahnold' is a flaw. It's not like he's trying to portray a scientist or an astronaut, or some other character, for whom 'being Ahnold' would be a flaw. He's basically playing himself playing a stereotypical Ahnold movie character. There is no other movie where 'Ahnold being Ahnold' is as justified as it is here.

[@stephenwells6434]

If the whole point of this movie is to parody action films, then I don't see how "Ahnold being Ahnold" is a flaw. Tone it down? If anything, he should be all-in with this role.

[@DM-kv9kj]

It wasn't executed badly. I don't get what you people expect out of a deliberately silly family comedy taking the piss out of shitty action movies.. LAH is a great little movie.

[@Tornado1994]

@@DM-kv9kj Yes it was. It Tanked for a reason. I remember.

[@maxnobel2044]

The clips actually make it look pretty entertaining.

[@goob_goob_gooby_goob]

Sylvester Stallone as the Terminator? I'd honestly love to see that and see how it would go

[@paulgillie5868]

Stallone would have been good as a rival terminator fighting arnold or a double terminator team fighting a new terminator model.

[@semimad100]

jesus i don't think ive seen someone miss the point of a movie so hard before. I feel like this is a movie you hated when you were younger because you liked being a contrarian but, unlike most other positions we take up for that reason as teens and drop as adults, you never relooked at this movie with a actual critical, adult eye. Almost everything complained about in this review is the fucking point the movie is making.

[@alucardfu2]

11:50 sums up the movie quite well

[@MattHrman-Cutis]

this movie is an action comedy and is not to be taken seriously and is way ahead of it's time

[@miyuruify]

20:55 those two lines rhymed!

[@joesmutz9287]

If you want to see Ian McKellan do Death is a movie where he's around for more than just a few minutes, look up Terry Pratchett's Hogfather. It's one of the few Discworld books that got a movie adaptation, and despite the very fake mask, he manages to bring the gravitas (and the way Death in the series SPEAKS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS) of the character, while still hitting the more comedic parts of Pratchett's writing

[@BrutalMaximus]

Why is the audio spliced in when he says the projectionist's Actor name? Who did you say originally, Critic?

[@LiveHedgehog]

He confused the names of the two older actors.

[@BrutalMaximus]

+The Pointless "Politician" I figured as much, I just wanted to see Critic stop in (unlikely). And I want to know what the actual name was.

[@BrutalMaximus]

+LiveHedgehog Which other actor did he confuse?

[@ThePropaneSalesman]

He got him mixed up with Art Carney, who was the old man who got blown up.

[@zelg.5551]

Honestly, it always irks me when people rabidly defend something bad because "it's a spoof! / meant to be bad by choice!". This does *not* give you a free pass. Look a Leslie Nielsen parodies (like Naked Gun movies) - there's effort, there's talent, there's humor. The only good bit with a tinge of cleverness from Last Action Hero was the Hamlet skit; everything else was a mishmash of random things that just didn't click together. Good premise, but the poor execution killed it.

[@tommykarrick9130]

3:00 Played by **ROBERT PROSKI**

[@UnitedFan2]

I think it had potential, but it didn’t work out, I think there should be another satire film but this time of Superhero films(and no, I dont mean Superhero movie, I mean a film like Last Action Hero but more realised)

[@tasha9316]

That dark moment is to show why he wants so badly to escape his reality.

[@Blitzo8390]

9:00 RIP Little Richards

[@MaximusJohal]

What ruined it is that the kid went into a JAck Slater movie..... NOT ALL MOVIE WORLD.... which is what ruined it, if he saw the terminator 2 bad guy, then there waould be a Terminator Arnold version right? They should have stayed in the Jack Slater World.

[@CazRaX]

+MaximusJohal That was to show that all movies that have cop scenes happen in the same police station, that is why Sharon Stone was there (because of the interrogation scene). That is also why you see all the odd ball buddy cop pairings too. One police station in all of movie world and they all share it. Chances are that there is another version of Arnold as the Terminator somewhere there too but if they were to see each other it would be the whole "I don't recognize you" thing.

[@MaximusJohal]

CazRaX Its still crazy tho, because if they are from the same world then stallone wouldn't have been the t2 poster because it would be a real person in the jack slater world. They should have just kept it as the ticket only works in the world they chose. for example.... if he was watching t2 then it would have been t2 world, if he went into kill bill he'd be in the world that kill bill exists..... they need to reboot this film and i wanna make it! lol

[@CazRaX]

MaximusJohal Yeah, it definitely has problems, but I see what they were going for.

[@21milestudios60]

JOKE: Why did the chicken cross the road? EVERYONE: To get to the other side THIS GUY: Well firstly, why are we talking about a chicken? Secondly, why is there some fictional scenario in which chickens have the ability to navigate roads in a human-like fashion? Thirdly, in such a scenario, wouldn't there be so many reasons why a chicken might be walking across a road that that it's a redundant question. It's like asking "why did the man get out of bed?" because that question is so broad that it has infinite answers. He probably has a job, a family, an entire life filled with activities, all of which involve getting out of bed. You could ask "Why did the man get out of bed at 5AM?" and the punchline might be that he had a flight to catch... you know. That would be a little more specific than just "Why did the chicken cross the road?". A better start to that question might be "Why did the chicken cross the road on a Sunday?" ... Because that at least narrows down the potential reasons why someone might cross a road due to what day of the week it is.

[@connorrivers995]

It's because farmers cultivate acres of land.

[@artofmore7197]

I love this movie and this review.

[@wolfclaw719]

I love how everyone is mad at critic because this is a parody, but here's the thing: parodies are supposed to be funny.

[@baddude2654]

+wolfclaw719 It is funny.

[@wolfclaw719]

BadDude maybe in edited together clips but honestly I saw the whole thing on TV and laughed like once or twice, I can see the attempt of what they were doing but they were trying way to hard with it and making it all cartoony I half expected Bonkers to show up halfway through the movie; if you like it good for you I respect your opinion but I just think its a bit disappointing though I can see why others might enjoy it.

[@nicolemellott1590]

mad me no just saying love this flick

[@chapablo]

Thing is, Last Action Hero is not a parody. It's Satire. It's a deconstruction of the genre and it's tropes by utilizing the same tropes but taking them to the extreme. It's way better than NC gives it credit for.

[@Sillysoft]

Wait. Critic didn't understand the saxophone playing when the cop said he had 2 days until retirement? He said was the saxophone laughing at him? Dude you do know that was a joke about lethal weapon right?

[@Jebu911]

this is the worst NC review ever because he misses so many parts like that joke and couple of acres joke that is real simple. I just think he doesnt understand parody satire genre.

[@kacklemackle1660]

I love the Last Action Hero and this review.

[@halg3625]

The whole point of The Jack Slater movies was to make fun of how over the top and stupid action films had been up to that point. The bad one liners, the useless cameos, every last nonsensical thing was meant to parody real life action films. I love Last Action Hero because of that.

[@gatopreto-xq4dd]

21:40 It`s not an action movie! It`s a fucking parody! I can`t believe he said that for real, he can only be trolling us, I hope he is

[@Tornado1994]

Maybe you are.

[@CTladiesman]

I disagree with him saying that it’s a boring action film.

[@CD-Gaming]

Hmm, let me see... watch an Arnie film... or a Shakespeare adaptation? Decisions, decisions... such a hard choice... if only there was some way I could be aided in my picking... And a film in which Danny Glover and Mel Gibson team up with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan... I would watch that film! I'm a normal person, honest!