Nah, the villains were dark enough. Slater was spoof of all the action heroes that came before basically being invulnerable and 4th wall breaking and one liners. Making him more brooding would ruin the point.
As for the kid he was living out his fantasy of being in movie, if it was a post puberty teen it wouldn't have the same effect.
THAT WILL BE THE REMAKE.
sharethere was more of Mercedes Ruehl in the film - I'd forgotten how gorgeous she could be. Apart from that I thought it was OK really. Quite silly, not really smug, a fair amount of tongue in cheek humour and the action stuff was as believable as it ever is.
shareI disagree. The good thing about this movie is that it doesn't take itself seriously.
shareIt would've been better if the boy's story wasn't so dark, and if the jokes were actually funny and done in an organic way instead of the forced stuff we see.
shareI was thinking about making a thread for this, but I'll my idea here instead. A friend and I were recently discussing this movie, and we brought up how awesome it would have been in general if Stallone and Arnold had worked together sooner...
Well imagine if by sooner...They would have worked together right here for this movie in 1993. I think THAT would have made this movie better.
Instead of having the silly kid team up with Arnold we'd get the two most popular 80s actors side by side in Last Action Hero. Pretty simple concept. Stallone plays a police officer of the real world, and instead of the kid being the main focus he's now Slys son who drags his dad to all of these Jack Slater movies despite his dad not being a fan of them all because his dad is a cop. Long story short, Nick the movie theater guy some how gets the ticket to Stallone after witnessing the mans behavior at the movie, and then boom.
Stallone, the real cop is suddenly in the Jack Slater movie universe sitting in the back seat of Slaters ride just as the kid was in the actual movie, and they get to talking. Slater thinks he arrested this guy so he's about to take him to the station...but then he realizes Sly isn't wearing any handcuffs which leads to even more confusion, but before he can fully react Slater gets a dispatch call that sends him to a crime scene that he can't ignore. So he goes there. Long story short Sly helps him out against his better wishes and the police chief decides to have the two of them work together after Sly shows his real world badge.
I'd imagine there'd be a lot of hilarious dialog bickering between Stallone and Arnold throughout alot of the rest of the film, until of course eventually they start to find common ground and begin to get along. yada yada. Arnold still enters the real world and finds out he's not real. etc...but by the end Sly has a better respect for the character after having spent time really getting to know him. Film pretty much ends the same.
It's nice idea and open a new fun discussion about who can replace the kid in alternative version of the movie. Although I seen one problem: the typical "two policemen who hate each other" theme can overshadow the "we are in a movie" concept.
OMG I have idea....
what if Stallone play himself as someone who hate Arnold because he takes Jack Slater role from him. When his son is a big fan of Arnold (fact that make him hate Arnold even more) force him to watch the movie. Stallone find himself in the movie. At some point Stall understand he can ruin Arnold career by killing him in the movie.
I don't know, your idea is interesting, but I think the concept of the two cops wouldn't really be an issue seeing as how one of the cops would be from the Hollywood over the top movie perspective, and Stallones would be from the real world. So it would be two completely different types of police officers clashing over who's way of doing things is better.
Only way I see your idea working is if the kid is actually still the one hanging with Jack Slater/Arnold for the most part, and that Sly gets even more pissed when he finds out about that some how. So he goes into the film looking to kill Jack for stealing his sons love away from him along with the actor already having stole the film from him in real life. Ultimately though, the kid would be the Hero when he makes it clear that he loves his father and that Jack could never replace him, and I guess part of that reconciliation would lead to the angry father and Slater character putting their differences aside to work together once the villian kidnaps the child and jumps over into the real world... Yeah. It's nice, but I really prefer the two cops idea personally. However if they were some how two separate films I'd watch them both.
I get where you are coming from but I like the movie the way it is. Frankly if we were to get a Sylvester Stallone/Arnold film I'd rather it be more similar in tone and story to Red Heat.
shareDon't get me wrong, as a fan of both action stars I will watch your movie. Your movie have a lot of potential. But I have one more problem with your cops movie. One of the things that makes the movie so beloved by me is the parody element of action movies. The illogical plot, action sequences sometimes against the forces of nature - all of them make the movie so special. And one of the intentionally ridiculous storyline is the decision of the police chief to organize a team of boy and a policeman. On the other hand, two cops together, make too much sense. My suggestion for you is to change Stallones profession (maybe to a thief in the real world).
Ultimately though, the kid would be the Hero when he makes it clear that he loves his father and that Jack could never replace him, and I guess part of that reconciliation would lead to the angry father and Slater character putting their differences aside to work together once the villian kidnaps the child and jumps over into the real world... Yeah. It's nice, but I really prefer the two cops idea personally. However if they were some how two separate films I'd watch them both.
Totally awesome idea.
Not only it would remove the real problem with the film (that dork kid who talks about premature ejaculation...w t f....).
You would add another star like Sly. It's already a must see movie.
And add a whole other level of real cop vs movie cop and buddy movie replacing Arnie babysitting that cringeworthy loser.
It would be a classic.