Action Hero: Riley Hale

We are THE LAST ACTION HEROES, the “heroic everyman thrust into an impossible situation and just making it up as we go” of movie podcasts. We are dedicated to ranking the very best and worst of action hero cinema protagonists…and so far…we’re not dead.

This episode we are blasting out of this crashing plane on ejector seats and landing deep in the desert of Utah as we take on another John Woo classic: BROKEN ARROW (1996).

Down on his luck stealth bomber pilot RILEY HALE suddenly finds himself thrust into a dangerous game of cat and mouse when his copilot and friend(?) VIC DEAKINS snaps and decides to stick it to the man by hijacking 2 thermal nuclear warheads and ransoming them back to the US for a hefty sum…hefty enough so he can live out his dream of providing safe cars for all the people he’s about to blow up. What a thoughtful guy!

Can our boyish action hero break the curse of the cookie cutter 90s action stereotype and step up to the challenge of out manoeuvring his nemesis, save America and get the girl (maybe ask her her name first Riles!!)?

Join us for another action hero tear down to find out!! And definitely do not ‘get to the choppa’ for this film…it doesn’t seem to work out well for those guys!

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Action Hero: Sarah Connor & T800-101

We are The Last Action Heroes, a mini gun toting, motorbike riding, unstoppable killing machine of a movie podcast on a mission to rate the very best and worst of action cinema protagonists from across the ages.

In our first episode of season 3 we decided there’s no fate but what we make for ourselves so we travelled back in time from the future war to warn the world about TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY! (1991)

Wait..y’all have seen it!!?? Well then you know what we’re taking about when we say it’s an absolute banger!!!!

In 1992 Los Angeles, future war hero and all round saviour dude John Connor is marked for termination by the T1000: a shapeshifting liquid metal killing machine sent back through time. Luckily future John remembered his prepubescent years (and what a horrible time that was) and sent back another terminator to act as his protector: the iconic T800. Together with Johns mother SARAH CONNOR, the survivor of a previous termination attempt (and plagued by dreams of the worst BBQ party ever!), this unlikely family unit decide to fight back against the threat of the future and change the course of history.

A woman suffering severe PTSD and a killer robot may not seem like the basis for great action heroes but what unfolds is often heralded as one of the greatest action movies of all time. Each of our heroes certainly has more than their moment to shine but how will they hold up in our ultimate action hero showdown?

Hit that play button and come with us if you want to live!

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Action Hero: Nada

Welcome to The Last Action Heroes, an ass kicking, bubble gum chewing, tight jean wearing movie podcast on a mission to rate the very best and worst of action cinema protagonists across the ages. 

In this episode we throw on some cool as fuck sunnies and wake up to fight the oppression of 80s extreme capitalism in John Carpenters 1988 cult classic THEY LIVE. 

Down on his luck drifter NADA discovers the rat race is not all it’s cracked up to be when he comes into possession of a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see the world for what is: a world where humanity has been enslaved in a capitalist dystopia run by an alien race who live a life of luxury at our expense. 

Figured it’d be something like this! With his hulking stature, impressive fighting style and even more impressive one liners, NADA is not the kind of guy to take this shit lying down and he soon embarks on a rampage to take down the alien threat. But where will his glorious mullet land on TLAH leaderboard? 

Join us to find out…and remember…OBEY, CONSUME & CONFORM

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Action Hero: Ash Williams

We are THE LAST ACTION HEROES, a hard hitting movie podcast where we rate the very best and worst of action cinemas greatest leading men and women.

Most as we can figure the year is 1300AD and we’re being dragged to our death. But how the hell did we get here? Best ask loud mouth braggart ASH WILLIAMS as we give him the TLAH tear down for a place in our ultimate action hero leaderboard with Sam Raimi’s 1992 cult classic ARMY OF DARKNESS.

Action Hero: John Rambo

Leaving behind the glittery pop punk stylings of modern Gotham, The Last Action Heroes go on the run in this months episode, heading into the rain soaked forests of North America with action hero royalty: Rambo: First Blood (1982).

Action Hero: Harley Quinn

This month we’re on a flamboyant mission to uncover if Harley Quinn, a potty-mouthed fashionista could possibly be one of this generations ultimate action heroes! Join us as we talk Birds of Prey (and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), or Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey. We never did get to the bottom of that whole title thing. Anyway… We dive deep into discussion around this small squad of badass women vs a proper bastard of a villain.

Can she kick ass?

With laughs, riot guns, roller-skates, swears and plenty of glitter join us as we break out the leaderboard and reveal if Harley Quinn has what it takes to be crowned our fantabulous, number 1, Last Action Hero.