<P> A short while into the film, the ticket transports Danny inside the fictional world, where he finds himself in the back of Slater's car, who is being pursued by a number of henchmen . The two manage to escape and return to LAPD headquarters . Danny insists that they are both in a film by pointing out numerous inconsistencies, such as the presence of a cartoon cat detective called Whiskers and several fictional characters from real - world films, but Slater believes Danny is just an imaginative kid . Danny is assigned the role of Slater's partner by supervisor Dekker and attempts to help solve Slater's current case by leading him to the mansion home of the villain Tony Vivaldi, having recognised the location from the beginning of the film . Vivaldi's henchman, Mr. Benedict (Charles Dance), persuades them to leave, becoming suspicious of Danny after overhearing him speak about Benedict's past activities . Slater and Danny return to Slater's home, being greeted by his daughter Meredith . Benedict and his henchmen follow them to the house, and while Slater is out, holds Danny and Meredith hostage and steals the ticket in the process . Slater returns and kills the henchmen in a shootout as Benedict flees . Later at the mansion, he discovers the ticket's magic properties . </P> <P> Danny and Slater uncover a plan by Vivaldi and Benedict to kill their mob rivals at a funeral by inserting a lethal gas into the deceased's corpse . Slater and Danny arrive and are betrayed by Slater's colleague, John Practice, but they are rescued by Whiskers, who kills Practice . With the help of Danny, Slater infiltrates the funeral and safely disposes of the corpse, before they are picked up by Meredith . An irritated Benedict betrays and kills Vivaldi at the mansion, before being confronted by Slater and Danny, who inadvertently send Benedict into the real world with the ticket . Slater and Danny follow him and appear in Nick's theatre, where Slater becomes despondent upon finding out that he is just a fictional character . He spends time at Danny's home with his mother and him, and gradually learns to becomes more sensitive as a person . </P> <P> Finding that a villain can win in the real world by literally getting away with murder, Benedict hatches a plan to eliminate Slater by killing Schwarzenegger the actor, after which he can bring various villains out of their respective films and take over reality . He summons the Ripper, the main antagonist from Jack Slater III, to kill Schwarzenegger, but Slater saves the actor and kills the Ripper on a rooftop by electrocuting him . Benedict returns and reveals his scheme to Slater and Danny . After a fight with the two, during which Slater is shot, Slater takes out Benedict by shooting his explosive glass eye . Danny attempts to return Slater to his world, knowing that Jack Slater as the main protagonist would not be allowed to die, but discovers they are unable to enter the movie screen without the golden ticket . Death, another fictional character who escaped from his movie The Seventh Seal, reveals to Danny that he will need the other half of the ticket, which he succeeds in doing . Danny brings Slater back into his movie, where he is able to shrug off his wound, and Danny departs back to the real world . A recovered Slater then enthusiastically embraces the true nature of his reality when he talks to Dekker about his new plan, appreciating the differences between it and the "real" world . </P> <Ul> <Li> Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater / himself </Li> <Li> Austin O'Brien as Danny Madigan </Li> <Li> Charles Dance as Benedict, Vivaldi's right - hand man, is a supporting antagonist of Jack Slater IV, but becomes the true antagonist of the main film . </Li> <Li> Robert Prosky as Nick the projectionist </Li> <Li> Tom Noonan as the Ripper / himself, the main antagonist of Jack Slater III </Li> <Li> Frank McRae as Lieutenant Dekker, Slater's immediate supervisor, who is always screaming at him </Li> <Li> Anthony Quinn as Tony Vivaldi, the main antagonist of Jack Slater IV until Danny's interference changes events </Li> <Li> Bridgette Wilson as Whitney Slater (Jack's daughter) and Meredith Caprice, the actress who plays her in the Slater films </Li> <Li> F. Murray Abraham as John Practice, is Jack's friend, revealed to be a traitor . Danny says not to trust him, saying he killed Mozart, referring to Abraham's Oscar - winning role in Amadeus . </Li> <Li> Mercedes Ruehl as Irene Madigan, Danny's mom </Li> <Li> Art Carney, as Frank Slater, in his last film role </Li> <Li> Professor Toru Tanaka as Tough Asian Man . </Li> <Li> Ryan Todd as Andrew Slater, Jack's son who is killed in "Jack Slater III" by the Ripper </Li> </Ul>

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