In Search of the Last Action Heroes (2019)

Directed by

Oliver Harper

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary revisits action films from the 1980s and 1990s. Filmmakers and actors from that era talk about making those movies.

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What happens

In Search of the Last Action Heroes is a 2019 documentary film written and directed by Oliver Harper, and co-written by Timon Singh. The film revisits the action films of the 1980s and 1990s, often regarded as the genre's Golden Age, via interviews with filmmakers and actors who were active during that time, or are viewed as their successors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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