Die Hard helmer John McTiernan directed this, Arnold Swarzenegger's greatest folly.

A magic ticket transports a young movie-fan (Austin O'Brien) into the film itself, where he teams up with his on-screen hero Jack Slater (Swarzenegger) to stop the bad guys (who obviously live in the big white house and blow up the hero's remaining relatives with alarming regularity). When they lose the ticket and the baddies cross the barrier into the real-world the real adventure begins.

A smug plot and unsympathetic characters sink this potentially blockbusting film. The irony present still doesn't ring true even post-Scream, but Lethal Weapon/The Long Kiss Goodnight screenwriter Shane Black's observations and spoofery sometimes hits home (a highlight being Ahnuld's Hamlet impression). Not all is rotten in Denmark, however - Bridgette has a decent little role as Whitney Meredith, Jack Slater's on-screen daughter, and a definite chip off the Austrian block.

 

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