True Lies

True Lies (1994)

  • 72% of critics liked it
    (46 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (238,973 ratings)

Borrowing liberally from the French film La Totale, this is an action picture, domestic comedy, and political thriller rolled into a crowd-pleasing ball of entertainment. Producer James Cameron wrote and directed the film. Henry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic computer salesman… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
James Cameron
Genres
Action & Adventure, Romance, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jul 15, 1994 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    If the Gulf War gave you an insatiable taste for burning oil and burning Arabs, this extravaganza will tide you over for at least a couple of days.

  • Brian Lowry, Variety

    Providing its share of fun in stretches, pic ultimately overstays its welcome with a level of mayhem that will simply feel like too much for any marginal fan of the genre.

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    Half the time, this hi-tech action movie delivers, in a mindless kind of way: it's fast, crude and has enough explosions and cartoon-style violence to satisfy our baser instincts.

  • Caryn James, New York Times

    As this comedy of manners unfolds, it is played for all-out action as well as satiric humor.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    However high your ranking on the culture scale, I defy you to watch this and leave the theatre without a whistled 'Wow' followed by a grudging 'That's entertainment.'

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Universal D


    James Cameron imagines "what if James Bond was married and didn't tell his wife what his job was?" Ah-nold and Jamie Lee supply oodles of chemistry. See how many times you can spot the stunt doubles! Tom Arnold's great as the sidekick.

  • Eric A


    From what I remember of this movie many years ago is that is falls short in the comedy department, but makes up for it in the action department. For its time, it is a good movie that will keep you entertained; although not Cameron's best, it is definitely worth watching.

  • xGary X


    Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a government super spy posing as a computer salesman whose secret identity is unknown even to his wife and family. James Cameron's spoof of Hollywood action blockbusters has all the ingredients of the summer hit; humour, romance and big budget special… More

  • Albert K


    Though it holds many cliche's, "True Lies" entertainingly embraces the B action-movie tone of the 90's. It's a lot of fun; the action is in your face. "True Lies" knows what it wants to be: stupid, entertaining, and cheesy and it does it excellently.

  • Emil K


    James Cameron at his worst. Mindless mayhem and truly horrible acting. Mr. Cameron seems to be only interested to show how much money he have spent in making this totally over the top piece of crap. Worst thing is that it is also extremely racist. Avoid it!

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