True Lies (1994)

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Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Best movie ever!

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

This is among the best movies that mix completely badass action scenes with hilarious comedy and don't compromise. Usually it is either action first and comedy second or vice versa, but in this it really is both in equal parts and it's all the better for it! Loved it as a kid, and probably always will! Awesome :)

Probably James Cameron's weakest film (I'm not counting "Piranha Part Two: The Spawning"), but considering his other films are "Terminator 1 & 2," "Aliens," "The Abyss" "Titanic," and "Avatar" that's a fairly high bar (the JC best to worst (or least- best) rank order goes Terminator, Aliens, T2, Abyss, Avatar, Titanic, True Lies). Arnold plays a super spy, but his family, wife Jamie Lee Curtis and daughter Eliza Dushku, have no idea and think he's a dull salesman (never mind how Arnold could ever be considered ordinary). Curtis is left a neglected and bored wife who begins seeing lecherous used car salesmen Bill Paxton, pretending to be a spy in order to seduce Curtis, and from there Arnold's life as a spy trying to stop a group of international terrorists from getting a nuclear warhead begins to cross over with his family life. I remember liking this film when it first came out and enjoyed the mix of comedy and action, but watching it as a married 45-year old adult, I realized this film at it's core is about keeping the romance and excitement alive in a marriage after kids and career start to take hold during middle age. The action is good, but is done with a comedic lighter touch and is nowhere as good or as suspenseful as Cameron's best films, which is a bit disappointing. The humor is okay, but not all that funny. However, the cast is extremely likable, led by Arnold and Curtis, but Tom Arnold is also excellent as Arnold's spy partner (Arnold is an underrated comic actor who deserves more respect), as is Bill Paxton. I remember there being some controversy and accusations of misogyny over Arnold's manipulation of wife when he locks her up and makes her do her infamous striptease. There is still an unpleasant creep factor to those scenes, but it's not enough to ruin the overall film. "True Lies" is not a boundary pushing of film like most all of Cameron's other films. This could just as easily have been an Ivan Reitman comedy, but Cameron is a solid filmmaker and delivers a solid film. On a side note, Charlton Heston shows up for a couple scenes as Spencer Trilby, the head of Arnold's super secret spy agency, sporting an eye patch that makes him look exactly like the comic book version of Nick Fury. He totally should have played the cinematic version of Fury if there was still alive today!

This is the Arnie movie you haven't watched, haven't heard of and should watch if you have any appreciation for 90's action flicks. They're often easy and fun to watch, well constructed, possibly have a bit of a worthwhile morality to it and contains lots of improbable, humorous moments. Well, this James Cameron forgotten flick does all of that, and does it very well. You'll forget it runs at over 2hrs20min because it never lets down and the plot continues to maintain a solid level, evolving and throwing new elements in smoothly as it goes. Of course Arnie is Arnie as ever, and Jamie Lee Curtis puts in a superb, surprisingly complex performance as her character is put through all sorts of awkward positions and situations. Good action scenes, and lots ! - genuinely good laughs, some good criticism about more identifiable issues (within couples, for instance), and a great climax at the end. Watch it, it's that enjoyable. Really a fun, worthwhile Cameron/Arnie flick.

True Lies is amazing great characters played by great actors, awesome effects, cool action scenes and overall a classic Schwarzenegger movie with some cool one liners also like 'Give me the goddamn page'. And probably the most memorable striptease scene ever by Jamie Lee Curtis. The bad guy is good he is not as great as Bennett, the Predator or The T-1000 but he is still a good funny villain the film is basically an action comedy movie and the 2nd underrated most underrated Cameron film after The Abyss. This film needs a higher rating here in IMDb and on Rotten Tomatoes maybe a 8.1 or a 8.3 and a 84% or an 88% on RT. If you are a Jim Cameron fan and an Arnold Schwarzenegger fan you gonna love this movie.