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Summary: Arnold at his best.
Review: There are two ingredients for a great Arnold flick: tonue in cheek comeday and unbelievable action. This movie has enough of both of these for two movies.When Arnold gets together with James Cameron, you know the action's going to be unbelievable. I can't wait for TRUE LIES 2. The chase scene in the snow, the bridge chase, and the Harrier scene...some of the best action I've seen in years. Jamie Lee Curtis as Arnold's unsuspecting wife is just great. She can play both the vulnerable housewife and the hard as nails woman protecting herself...plus she can scream really well! The chemistry between her and Arnold onscreen is great. The comedy in this movie is great. Tom Arnold plays Arnold's partner and just gets walked all over by him. Has to take all the abuse and cruddy jobs...just hilarious. Then there's Bill Paxton's bit role as a sleazy car salesman. He does an unbelievably funny job. This is probably Arnold's best movie since TERMINATOR 2. Definitely a must see for any action junkie.
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Summary: A perfect movie
Review: True Lies is a movie that every action lover should own. It has everything a good movie needs. Action, comedy, suspense, and drama are all packed into one adventure. From a dring horse-motorcycle chase to saving his wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger)will do anything to bag the bad guy.
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Summary: Excellent film marred only by an OK DVD
Review: I really enjoyed this movie. While I don't think it is Cameron's best (T2 still holds that spot), it is quite good. Be warned though, a third of the movie deals with marital issues and contains no real action during that part. It is not a regular action movie, particularly since it has a plot! The acting is great, and the action scenes are top notch. Be prepared for a thrilling movie. The DVD itself is the only chink in an otherwise perfect chain. The image quality is excellent, and the DD5.1 soundtrack is one of the best I've heard on DVD. My problem? - No Extras! It has a trailer, but I want more! A commentary track by Cameron (unlikely since he has yet to do one for any of his movies), a making-of documentary, deleted scenes, etc. would have made this a great DVD. Luckily there is talk of a Special Edition of the movie coming to DVD sometime next year. If it does, I won't hesitate to buy it. Bottom Line: Buy this DVD and watch a great movie. Don't buy this DVD to find out about the film.
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Summary: Arnold Out-Bonds 007!
Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger's last film ("End of Days") was a disappointment to most of his fans. Much better was this 1994 slam-bam action fest. It is one of the best movies in the Ahnuld canon. It is also an exciting, sometimes hilarious film that should satisfy the appetites of action fans everywhere. Arnold stars as Harry Tasker, a mild-mannered, milquetoast computer salesman--or so his wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) believes. Actually, he's a superspy for Omega Sector, a shadowy government intelligence agency. Harry has been spying for seventeen years along with his wisecracking sidekick Gib (Tom Arnold). They go into the most dangerous, thrilling situations possible. At the same time, Helen complains about how boring Harry is, always in sales meetings or dull conferences. All she wants is a little adventure in her life. Be careful what you wish for! Writer-director James Cameron outdid himself with this one, delivering over-the-top action and special FX like only he can. (Yes, I did like this better than "Titanic." Much better.) Some of the sequences in this film are nothing short of amazing. They really do have to be seen to be believed. Schwarzenegger shows off his always-improving acting skills, even going so far as to tango, a trick he never would have tried a few years ago. He's no Pacino, maybe, but he's not half-bad. Schwarzenegger's presence holds the film together, providing a veneer of believability in the midst of all the cartoon violence. Tom Arnold is refreshingly good in the comic second banana role, all but stealing the film from the principals. Having cast off the mantle of "Roseanne's husband," Arnold shows himself to be a gifted and likable performer in his own right. Jamie Lee Curtis is as sexy and smart as always. Her role is somewhat awkward, as she is forced to endure some fairly embarrassing moments. She plays them, though, with verve and guts and accords herself well. I do have one major complaint about "True Lies." It's too long and the second act lags. With a running time of two hours and twenty-one minutes, there are unavoidable lulls in the story. The scipt, as written, just can't support this much movie. Some judicious editing would have solved this. Still, "True Lies" is definitely an E-ticket ride that should not be missed.
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Summary: The Best Arnold Movie Yet!
Review: If you are a fan of Action movies, then you should not pass up True Lies. This is easily this best Arnold Schwarzenegger movie yet. Jamie Lee Curtis is great. Tom Arnold adds a comedic value to this movie. Lots of great stunts and full blown action that can only be delivered by Arnold. This one is a must own!
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Summary: ONE OF THE TWO BEST "ARNUULD" FILMS
Review: TRUE LIES, along with PREDATOR, are the two best Arnold S. films. TRUE LIES has a fine plot, great action, and spectacular special effects, with doses of humor thrown in. A great and fun movie for action fans!
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Summary: Pure Arnold
Review: This is film is probably one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's best movies. The action and the comedy walk hand in hand with very good results (This is the only time that I've ever seen Tom Arnold actually being funny). The story has Harry Tasker (Arnold) as a secret agent, who his family thinks is a computer salesman, who has to stop a psycho terrorist from blowing up Miami. And all the while, has to try saving his corroding relationship with his wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) and his daughter Dana (Eliza Dusku). The action sequences are really exhilarating to watch and director James Cameron knows how to combine an entertaining story with cool action. I tell you, with such a cool movie, this one's a keeper.
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Summary: A shoot-'em-up comedy of errors
Review: This is in my Top Ten video list, up near the top. Arnold Schwartzenegger surely has come a long way from the no-forehead strong-man of "Hercules in New York"! With good direction -- and Cameron is among the best -- he can reveal his excellent acting skills. Jamie Lee Curtis and Tom Arnold play their roles with their usual excellence, as well. And Charlton Heston makes a brief but intense appearance, in one of his few roles wearing trousers. Part of the comedy is situational, involving the interaction of the different elements of which *you*, the viewer, are aware -- and part of it is actual humourous dialogue and interaction between the characters. This is an excellent film to accompany a pizza with friends (yours, not the pizza's).
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Summary: MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME
Review: I LOVE THIS MOVIE AND HAVE WATCHED IT OVER 20 TIMES. IF YOU HAVE A HOME THEATRE SETUP, DONT MISS THIS! ITS GOT EVERYTHING AND MORE. DO NOT MISS THIS!
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Summary: not funny, not exciting, not good
Review: I saw this movie a week beofre it was released and found it to be the single most excruciating movie-going experience of my life. I was sure it would be regarded as a bomb, but, lo and behold, it inexplicably turned out to be popular. I enjoy good action movies, and I consider James Cameron to be one of the premier action movie directors out there, so I had high hopes for the film. But the humour was terribly forced, mostly consisting of really over-the-top, wacky occurances, while some passerby looks at it and goes "huh?" The action was overwrought without a shred of suspense. It features one of the most ridiculously cruel scenes in the history of cinema, the interrogation/forced stripping scene of Jamie Lee Curtis. As if it isn't enough that the villains were unfunny sterotypes, they aren't even presented as being remotely competant enough to pose a serious threat to anything. One interesting comparison to other Cameron films: in nearly all of Camerons films, the villains kill scores of people while the heroes kill no one. In this film, the hero kills scores of people while the villains kill no one! The villains aren't competant enough to kill a single person in the film. Actually, a couple of times they kill their own guys by accident. The key to a good action movie or thriller is creating a real threat to the heroes. Normally Cameron knows that, but here he was too busy trying to be wacky to even consider it. Let's hope he sticks to what he's good at.
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