successfully branching into comedy with “Twins.” By the early ’90s, Schwarzenegger had asserted his claim as Hollywood’s biggest action star, scoring two massive smashes with “Total Recall” and “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” whereas Stallone was making a fool of himself in “Oscar” and “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.”
Like Rocky Balboa, you still couldn’t count Stallone out, and he bounced back in 1993 with the double-whammy of “Cliffhanger” and “Demolition Man.” Yet, Schwarzenegger was at the peak of his popularity, and “Last Action Hero” also had the benefit of John McTiernan (“Predator,” “Die Hard”) calling the shots and Shane Black (“Lethal Weapon,” “The Last Boy Scout”) on screenwriting duty. Unfortunately, the misguided spoof became one of the ’90s most notorious bombs.
