Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
The story
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.
- hero
- magic
- villain
- parody
- child in peril
- film in film
- breaking the fourth wall
- spoof
- magical object
- cartoon cat
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jack Slater / Self
Austin O'Brien
Danny Madigan
Bridgette Wilson
Whitney / Meredith
F. Murray Abraham
John Practice
- Art Carney — Frank
- Charles Dance — Benedict
- Frank McRae — Lieutenant Dekker
- Tom Noonan — Ripper / Tommy Noonan
- Robert Prosky — Nick
- Anthony Quinn — Tony Vivaldi
- Mercedes Ruehl — Irene Madigan
- Ian McKellen — Death
- Professor Toru Tanaka — Tough Asian Man
- Joan Plowright — Teacher
- Keith Barish — Self
- Directed
- John McTiernan
- Written
- David Arnott, Zak Penn, Shane Black, Adam Leff
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 3,093 ratings
- Studio
- Oak Productions, Columbia Pictures
If this stayed with you
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