Young Danny Madigan is alone in a dark theater watching the latest action flick starring his favorite movie actor, Jack Slater. Suddenly, because of a magic movie ticket he received, he is transported from his seat into the film itself. He now gets to live out his fantasies, fighting along side his hero.

With Danny as your sidekick, you portray Jack Slater through seven levels of Hollywood-type action. Two of the levels place Jack behind the wheel of a car in the midst of a high speed chase, running down mobsters, and dodging obstacles, manholes, and double-parked cars. The other levels consist primarily of Jack punching and kicking bad guys, most of whom brandish knives, guns, or baseball bats. Based on the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenneger film of the same name, Last Action Hero for the Super Nintendo takes place in New York City neighborhoods, gang-ridden streets, a funeral reception, a movie theater, and on top of tall buildings. Even though the storyline involves a sidekick, this is a one-player game.