The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, First Blood, The Terminator , and more.

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