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- 1994
- R
- 2 h 21 m
- 1994
- R
- 2 h 21 m
Summary Special agent Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger) is a top spy, while his neglected wife (Curtis) has been gathering secrets of her own. When their two secret lives unexpectedly collide, Harry and Helen must fight to save their marriage - and the world! (20th Century Fox)
Directed By: James Cameron
Written By: Claude Zidi, Simon Michaël, Didier Kaminka, James Cameron
- 1994
- R
- 2 h 21 m
- 1994
- R
- 2 h 21 m
True Lies
63
8.5
Summary Special agent Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger) is a top spy, while his neglected wife (Curtis) has been gathering secrets of her own. When their two secret lives unexpectedly collide, Harry and Helen must fight to save their marriage - and the world! (20th Century Fox)
Directed By: James Cameron
Written By: Claude Zidi, Simon Michaël, Didier Kaminka, James Cameron
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
63
59% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
35% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
63
59% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
35% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Director James Cameron always works on a mega- canvas, yet he's brought off something unique here.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 344 User Ratings
8.5
86% Positive
297 Ratings
297 Ratings
10% Mixed
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
4% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 344 User Ratings
8.5
86% Positive
297 Ratings
297 Ratings
10% Mixed
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
4% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
True Lies is the best action movie ever made. Cameron went on to make chick flicks after this (titanic and avatar) because he had mastered a Genre. My god what a masterpiece.
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As the perfectionist creator of bravura set pieces, Cameron is still the leader of the pack. [14 Jul 1994 Pg. F1]
Here is a film that carries within itself not only the parody but the very material it exploits and subverts. [05 Sept 1994 Pg. 34]
Deceptively labeled a domestic epic by writer-director James Cameron, the $100 million movie is, in fact, a weird hybrid of action juggernaut, buddy cop caper and reactionary soft-core pornography.
The catch is, once you get past the stunning special effects and the mind-numbing stuntwork, there's not all that much there.
The tale begins and ends in a flurry of joke violence; Cameron has decided to spoof what he used to take seriously, and the result, though bright and deafening, feels oddly slack -- he loosens the screws, and our interest drops away.
True Lies is the most controversial film in James Cameron's directing career. This is definitely the weakest of his films. But is True Lies so bad on its own? Definitely not. It's a good action comedy. Prost did not guess with the main actor. No I respect Arnold Schwarzenegger as an actor and a human being, but he's a one-aplua actor, and looks fancy in True Lies. And the whole film is one big stereotype for everything. Comedy that can be watched as a family, without dirty humor. But still, you expect more from James Cameron. Still, he is one of the strongest directors of the current generation.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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One thing! Jamie Lee Curtis's body. DAMN she looked fine in black lingerie. Besides if you do not take it seriously, it is better than most action-comedies. One from Arnie's golden age. An easy and fun movie to watch, but of course no "serious" material, but it does not take itself seriously (which is good). I can recommend it for fun!
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James Cameron director of Aliens and The Terminator now makes a film called True Lies.... True Lies is a 1994 action thriller with parts of comedy thrown in to make it seem more enjoyable. Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is married to Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis) and she thinks he's in a construction business or something lol. She has no idea he's a secret agent or a spy but when Bill Paxton gets involved with Helen Tasker (Curtis) her husband suspects he maybe sleeping with her or something stupid and becomes a hurt and jealous man. So Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Arnold who plays Arnie's secret service buddy kidnap Bill Paxton to understand what's going on and Jamie Lee Curtis who plays Helen Tasker is asked to work for her husband's company but doesn't still know her hubby works there. Meanwhile Harry Tasker is trying to track down some dangerous terrorist and stop him and eventually Harry (Schwarzenegger) and his wife team up for the same job and try to stop the badguys and this so called terrorist. Best scene in this movie for me is not any of the action scenes but Jamie Lee Curtis stripping down to her underwear (bra, panties and heels) and doing a sexy, hot dance and giving us some nice moves and eye candy. Bill Paxton is great in this movie and hilarious, the action scenes are okay some of them but Arnie on a horse chasing a terrorist on a motorbike is incredibly stupid and ridiculous. The action scenes mostly are well done but this movie is bad because the film drags too much and seems a snoozefest at times. Some of the action is stupid also and Arnie's acting isn't great but the tango dances are lovely. Not the best film but watch it only for Bill Paxton and Jamie Lee Curtis otherwise avoid.
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox,
Lightstorm Entertainment
Release Date Jul 15, 1994
Duration 2 h 21 m
Rating R
Tagline When he said I do, he never said what he did.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
