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Plot: Marital problems plague an international spy who works for Omega Sector, a top-secret government agency charged with the intervention of nuclear terrorism.
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:October 10, 2008
It's entertaining and it has a good amount of action and comedy. Having a hard time finding what the "true lies" of the film were though they seem more like out right lies that were told for various reasons and were eventually found out.
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MCT:September 20, 2008
This movie starts out as a funny spoof of James Bond movies. Then it gets bogged down in this silly story of spy who has a wife and child in the suburbs who think he?s a salesman. Tom Arnold keeps this part going with some funny jokes. Bill Paxton plays a used car salesman trying to seduce Arnold's wife, Jamie Lee Curtis by pretending to be a spy. Jamie Lee Curtis is hot when she gets to show off her body when Arnold tricks her into meeting him at a hotel while she doesn't know it's him. The end of the movie is just a wild shoot-up with crazy special effects that couldn't happen in real life. Over all it's a fun movie to watch but its terrorists theme is outdate since 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq.
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Jamie Lee Curtis never knew she has a husband who could lift an aircraft until she becames one of her husband's network.
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MCT:September 12, 2008It had been a long time since I had watched this movie and I forgot just how much fun it was. Probably one of swartzi's best movie. A great supporting cast and amazing set pieces.
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MCT:August 31, 2008It's funny how movies that you used to love as a child can suddenly seem so very different when viewed through the lens of adulthood. Take, for instance, True Lies. When I was a kid I LOVED this movie- I first saw it when I was about twelve, and it stuck with me for a long time. I hadn't seen it for a little more than a year until, just recently, I got a copy and popped it in on a lark. Now, I love James Cameron movies- Terminator 2 is one of my favorite films of all time- but watching True Lies, one of my favorite Cameron films before, I was struck by how... different it seemed. If I had to put it into specific terms, I'd say this was James Cameron doing his best Michael Bay impression: the film's action is ridiculously over-the-top, the characters have little to no regard for human life, and the violence is always punctuated by tasteless humor. Add to this that the film's theme of terrorism and covert government operations is pretty touchy material these days, especially considering the stereotyped Arab villains used in the movie, and you have a film that is suddenly not as carelessly entertaining as it was before. Not to say that it isn't still fun- it IS James Cameron, after all, and his worst Michael Bay impression is still infinitely better than the real deal any day of the week- but it's the kind of fun that requires you to check your brain at the door. In the film, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Harry Tasker, a secret agent for the black ops government agency Omega Sector. Tasker is also a husband and a father, but neither his wife Helen nor daughter Dana know what he actually does for a living, and his job (and the lies he tells to cover his tracks) often interferes with his personal relationships. When Harry learns that Helen might be cheating on him, he uses his resources at the agency to follow her and try to find out what's really going on- but with a terrorist organization known as the Crimson Jihad (led by terrorist mastermind Salim Abu Aziz) plotting to bring nuclear weapons onto American soil, things threaten to become even more complicated for him as he has to find the balance between his job and his life and, ultimately, decide whether he can lie to his wife any longer. Schwarzenegger, playing a sort of American James Bond (and isn't it funny that there's never been an American James Bond that stuck?), is in fine form as Harry Tasker, once again proving that he really works best as an actor when paired with James Cameron. The film plays to his strengths- the comedy is structured mainly around his power to intimidate and his action-hero image, and he works surprisingly well as a husband and father (especially one that bores the hell out of his own family). Playing his wife Helen is Jaime Lee Curtis, channeling the mousy secretary vibe preternaturally well; her character gets put into a lot of extreme situations, so it's really quite astounding that she holds on to her foundation of naiveté for the whole movie (which does result in some groan-inducing moments). And yes, she does have a somewhat out of character sexy dance number near the end of the film, but hey- I'M not complaining. Filling out the principal cast is Tom Arnold as buddy cop/comic relief Albert "Gib" Gibson, a roll that I maintain is the best Tom Arnold has ever- and will ever- play (but that's not saying much...). The rest of the cast is great, of course: Tia Carrere plays a good psuedo-Bond girl as the sexy femme fatale antiquities dealer (?) Juno Skinner, Art Malik reinforces the notion of the skinny evil mastermind with the giant head as diabolical terrorist Aziz, and Bill Paxton plays a role that Cameron HAD to have written for him (more than likely as a joke on him)- the sleazy used-car salesman Simon, who tries to bed Helen by convincing her that he is (coincidentally) a super-spy. Oh, and a young Eliza Dushku plays Dana, Harry and Helen's daughter, a character of absolutely no importance whatsoever until the last few minutes of the movie. The script is slick and witty, poking fun from time to time at action films and spy stories without compromising the integrity of the world it creates; at the same time, it's also rooted in a very black-and-white, good-guy-bad-guy mentality that just reeks of American arrogance circa the early 90's, which, for me, was a little distracting. Beyond that, though, the script is very clever, and the action set pieces are spectacular- in fact, I'd say they're a little TOO spectacular, sometimes. Sure, we've all seen Schwarzenegger shoot his way through legions of adversaries before, but once he starts using a Harrier jet to take them out in a skyscraper whilst simultaneously trying to save his daughter, who just HAPPENS to be suspended above the city streets on a construction catwalk with the main villain... well, then, it gets a little hard to swallow. The cinematography is crisp and clear- Cameron's knack for heavy blues and yellows comes through again- and the score by Brad Fiedel is similar to T2, but with some jazzy saxophone work and much more heroic overtures. Overall, I'd say that True Lies is still a fun film for me to watch- the Bill Paxton stuff alone makes it worthwhile- even if I can't get as much fun out of it now as I used to. The trade-off is that all of the relationship stuff is a lot more interesting to me than it once was- the scenes with Schwarzenegger and Curtis, especially after she discovers his secret, are still incredibly funny. If you can look past the themes (which at the time seemed a lot more harmless, I'm sure) and the plethora of unlikely situations (the terrorists take DANA as a hostage when they have a friggin' nuclear bomb set to kill everyone in the city? And somehow they get all the way to her home- from the Florida Keys- kidnap her, and drag her to an abandoned building in a matter of- what, one hour?) to the exaggerated action spectacle and the great comedy work that makes up the movie, I guarantee you'll find True Lies a hell of an entertaining movie. It may not be James Cameron's best, but hey- it's still James Cameron.
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One of the best of Arnold he should watch this movie again and ouit being govenor and retun to acting
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MCT:August 5, 2008
This is a good action movie. Funny in moments and great action scenes. great plot. One of Arnolds best.
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MCT:July 29, 2008
Fun flick from Arnie. Action, a few yucks and a sensational dance by Jamie Lee. it doesn't get much better.
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MCT:July 28, 2008I love the part where Arnold is in the hotel room and the lady is trying to pole dance and Arnold has the tape recorder and everything- its hilarious! Love it love it
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MCT:July 24, 2008
One movie I didn't mind Arnold in I think it was because he wasn't seriously trying to act like a bad ass...or maybe he was oh no
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MCT:July 21, 2008
How can somebody NOT like this movie? It has it all! Explosions! Jamie Lee Curtis doing her thing, albeit very well, and a young Eliza Dushku. . . Killer!
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MCT:July 19, 2008
wow i have just seen this 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good arnold movie 2 watch...imn a huge fan of arnold n think that he is a good actor n hes made some good movies throughout...i think that james cameron who directs this movie has made some good movies because hes made true lies, titanic, aliens (alien 2) n a few other movies...i think that he done a good job of directing this Action & Adventure, Drama movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie..the gun shoot = outs re amazing throughout n the fight scenes are really good as well throughout this movie..this is 1 of arnolds best movies but imn not sure which is his best movies hes made cuz hes made some good movies
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MCT:July 8, 2008
After watching this movie again I can quite honestly say it is my favourite Schwarzenegger "performance" besides Total Recall because (besides Total Recall) it is his best acting job. Also the action is amazing... as one can expect from the likes of James Cameron and the movie has good pacing, funny one-liners as one could expect from an Arnie movie, and the plot is unoriginal but surprisingly solid unexpected from an Arnie movie
So therefore any Arnie fan should run through fire to see this movie and any other person should.... do the exact same! cause this movie is awesome -
MCT:July 7, 2008
I timed it one day, the ending is 47 minutes of non-stop action. Cameron made Titanic after this and is dead to me.
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MCT:June 22, 2008
True Lies was a great movie, it was funny and loaded with action. I really liked how Schwarzenegger killed the bad guy.
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MCT:June 22, 2008
Pure action!An incredible show where Arnold and Curtis work together far better than Pit and Jolie on its replica...Cameron's direction is as always impeccable!
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MCT:June 19, 2008
Another great Arnold classic. I wish the guy would just give up the politics already and get back to doing movies.
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MCT:June 17, 2008
Explosive movie!Punches,guns,missiles, bazookas,bombs,car chases,choppers,the crazy use of a Harrier and let's not forget the horse!Amazing stunts,funny script, good score,great cast:Art Malik is hilarious as the terrorist with a glimpse of insanity in his eyes,Tia Carrere-the evil beauty,Bill Paxton-an used-car salesman who poses as a secret agent, Schwarzenegger-a secret agent posing as a computer salesman,Tom Arnold-his funny sidekick,Jamie Lee Curtis-the wife in search of a little adventure to spice up her boring life.The James Bond-style opening is thrilling and humorous,the scene with Jamie Lee Curtis stripping/dancing is unforgettable...I've seen it for the n-th time and I laughed to exhaustion once again.'I've got two words for that:IN.SANE.'
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MCT:June 9, 2008Schwarzenegger glowers and scowls his way through this sloppy, crass tale of a badass, indestructible super-agent who fights a cadre of simpering (and not very threatening) terrorists while halfheartedly trying to wrangle his personal family problems at the same time. What might have been vaguely amusing is rendered cruel, harsh and disturbing by James Cameron's sledgehammer touch... Cameron was apparently going through a bitter divorce at the time, and it shows, particularly in this film's crude chauvinism and uncomfortable 'comic' interludes. The overblown action scenes are certainly passable, but they're not nearly enough to compensate for the overwhelming tone of bitterness and seething resentment that permeates this allegedly humorous exercise in audience manipulation.
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MCT:June 7, 2008
Sometimes very cliched, but an intense and fun action piece by the once-action-master of Hollywood.
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MCT:June 6, 2008
crisp action thriller directed by Cameron...arnold is right at home in this role as suave spy..enjoyable from start to finish..fine supporting role by Tom Arnold
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MCT:June 5, 2008
I thought Arnold and JAmie did a good job in this movie....but goes to show the truth always comes out
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mikkijorposted 120 days ago -
That "sexy dancing scene" was the most sensual scene I've ever seen in any movies.
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This is a good movie. I like the action that it delivers and it did keep you interested in what was going to happen next. I liked it!!!
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