Last Action Hero is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan. It is a satire of the action genre and associated clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater, a Los Angeles police detective within the "Jack Slater" action film franchise, while Austin O'Brien co-stars as Danny Madigan, a boy magically transported into the "Slater" universe, and Charles Dance as Benedict, a ruthless assassin from the "Slater" universe who escapes to the real world. Schwarzenegger also served as the film's executive producer and plays himself as the actor portraying Jack Slater.