John McTiernan's "Last Action Hero" is always looked at as one of the big flops in modern day cinema.  The truth is the film is a lot better than a lot of people are willing to admit.  In Woody Allen's  "The Purple Rose of Cairo" a desperate women falls in love with a  character in a film she watches who just happens to jump out of the screen.  Well it is basically the same sort of formula only a kid gets in on the  action of the latest Schwarzenegger film, "Jack Slater 4" yet  befriends the character and not the actor who thinks all of it is real and  not a film.  True, it is not as bittersweet as Allen's movie but I don't  find that to be a flaw.  It is a very fun movie and it was very enjoyable  the whole way through.  Arnold Schwarzenegger does a great parody of  himself as Slater who spits out one liners during violent conflicts.  I  even found Austin O' Brien to be a fairly decent child actor in this film  and that is a rare suprise in this sort of a film.  The film is also backed  by a great score of hard rock music from AC/DC, Alice in Chains, Megadeath  and more.  John McTiernan and Arnold Schwarzenegger suffered heavy blows  with this film.  True, it was not either of their best work but I think the  critics were way too cruel.  Its should not be viewed as a failure but as  an enjoyable action adventure that it is.