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.

Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Jack Slater / Self

Austin O'Brien
as Danny Madigan

Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
as Whitney / Meredith

F. Murray Abraham
as John Practice

Art Carney
as Frank

Charles Dance
as Benedict

Frank McRae
as Lieutenant Dekker

Tom Noonan
as Ripper / Tommy Noonan

Robert Prosky
as Nick

Anthony Quinn
as Tony Vivaldi
Gimly
Having just watched this for the first time in 2018, I wonder if Arnold Schwarzenegger had intended for this to be a sort of retirement movie. It very much has that vibe, and would have worked spectacularly to that end in a fun, meta, kind of way. But for better (_Maggie_) or worse (_Terminator 3_) ...