![]() ![]() Bruce Campbell’s past movies are brought up relentlessly in this film, and there are several callbacks to The Evil Dead movies.īut, it’s the evil Chinese god part that people might be offended by. (Image credit: Image Entertainment) My Name Is Bruce (2007)Īnd lastly, I’m a teensy bit reluctant to showcase this last one since some people might find it racist, but I think the closest movie to the upcoming The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, is probably My Name Is Bruce, which stars Bruce Campbell, as himself, being kidnapped by a teenage fan of his to destroy an ancient Chinese god named Guan Di. Definitely check this one out if you’re a fan of Arnold’s most popular period in pop culture. Thankfully, Schwarzenegger is very much in on the joke, so the film feels like both a homage and also a send-up to the popular movies in the early ‘90s. And a lot of the time, you wonder if the movie is laughing with Arnold, or at him. Last Action Hero is super meta since it plays with all the tropes that Schwarzenegger relied on back in his heyday. Together, they have to stop a playfully over-the-top villain (Charles Dance) who enters into the real world. (Image credit: Columbia Pictures) Last Action Hero (1993)ĭefinitely the most underrated Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ever, this action comedy by Die Hard director, John McTiernan, is about a kid named Danny (played by Austin O’Brien), who gets a special ticket that allows him to go into the screen and go on adventures with his favorite action hero, Jack Slater (Schwarzenegger). ![]() Rent/buy Being John Malkovich on Apple TV. I mean, is this really what it's like to be inside Malkovich's head? What does John Malkovich even think about Being John Malkovich? I really want to know! Thematically, these characters are literally getting inside his headspace. ![]() Malkovich is actually in the film, but he's playing an exaggerated version of himself, so it's hard to really tell where the character ends, and the actor begins. Like Adaptation., it’s a strange one.īeing John Malkovich, which has an interesting ending that might have to be explained to be understood, is probably the most meta movie on this entire list. In this comedy, John Cusack plays a puppeteer who one day finds a portal into John Malkovich's head, and he schemes a way to make a profit off of it with his co-worker, played by Catherine Keener. Spike Jonze made another meta movie before Adaptation., called Being John Malkovich, which was also written by Charlie Kaufman. (Image credit: USA Films) Being John Malkovich (1999) ![]()
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