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.
True Lies (1994)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:4
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Secret agent Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a busy man; when he's not saving the world from terrorists, he's under cover as a boring computer salesman, juggling the everyday needs of his... Secret agent Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a busy man; when he's not saving the world from terrorists, he's under cover as a boring computer salesman, juggling the everyday needs of his wife, Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis), and his daughter. While Harry and his partner, Gib (Tom Arnold), work to stop a gang of international terrorists from getting their hands on missing nuclear weapons, Helen, feeling neglected, begins a covert affair with a sleazy used car salesman pretending to be a spy. When Harry finds out, he decides to give Helen a lesson in spy games, which backfires when the couple is kidnapped and stuck in the middle of an international terrorist crisis. Director James Cameron topped his previous spectaculars with this action-comedy extravaganza (the most expensive film ever made before TITANIC), featuring amazing stunts and special effects. Actual Harrier jets were hired from the U.S Air Force for their sequence, while production dangled from a skyscraper over the streets of Miami for the amazing climax. TRUE LIES is based on a 1991 French spy comedy entitled LA TOTALE! (Translation: THE JACKPOT). [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Tia Carrere
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Tia Carrere, Bill Paxton, Art Malik, Charlton Heston, Eliza Dushku, Grant Heslov
Director: James Cameron
Director: James Cameron
Screenwriter: James Cameron
Producer: James Cameron, Stephanie Austin
Composer: Brad Fiedel
Reviews for True Lies
As this comedy of manners unfolds, it is played for all-out action as well as satiric humor.
This mixture of comedy and super-agent spectacle works well at first. But when Schwarzenegger's family and working worlds link up -- an inevitable development -- the plot becomes increasingly ridiculous and overwrought.
True Lies, far too technologically bloated for its cartoony plot, overestimates the human tolerance for high-tech mayhem.
On the basis of stunts, special effects and pure action, it delivers sensationally.
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