True Lies

Pros: Direction, Cast, Script, Photography, Score
Cons: A nuke went off in the Florida Keys. Wonder if the bridge is still out?

"Women! Can't Live With Em, Can't Kill Em" Albert Gibson

Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a secret agent who masquerades as a computer salesman. His job is so secret even his wife of fifteen years doesn't know that he is...

Pros: Entertaining action movie with good cast.
Cons: Few slower spots.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has made many action movies during his acting career, some much better than others. One of his better movies is 1994's True Lies.Harry Tasker had been living a double life for years. He was a spy who ...

Pros: Fun, entertaining, Jamie Lee Curtis
Cons: Weak plot

French TV seems to enjoy endless re-runs. Which means there are movies that I see every year. That’s the case with "True Lies". In fact I watched it again this Tuesday since I didn't have any school work for a change. What’s the movie about ...

Pros: Tom Arnold is quite good in his role.
Cons: Bill Paxton's moustache.

Ahoy, there be spoilers ahead!! I watched this movie several years ago when it first came out. The first thing that made me go "oh no" was seeing that Tom Arnold was in it. "Great, what a crapfest this is going to turn out to be." Wrong-O! He was one of ...

Pros: The perfect mix of action and comedy.
Cons: A little talky at times.

It may be hard to believe in the wake of some of the dumb stuff he's put out lately. But Arnold Schwarzenegger used to be a fairly engaging actor. No he was never a master thespian. But he worked well in the types of movies he starred in by giving us...

Pros: Solid action, unexpected humor and good performances from Ahnuld and Tom Arnold
Cons: Too long for an action flick, some might be bothered by Arab stereotypes

By and large, action movies get a bad reputation that is well deserved. Far too often, the director chooses to spend the entire budget on explosions, chase sequences, and soundtracks, which results in such genre-sinkers as Mission Impossible 2, The...

Pros: Jamie-Lee Curtis’ famous strip scene, humorous, light-hearted, good fun.
Cons: Let’s not dig too deeply!

Director: James Cameron

Cast List
Arnold Schwarzenegger ... Harry Tasker/Harry Renquist/Boris
Jamie Lee Curtis ... Helen Tasker
Tom Arnold ... Albert 'Gib' Gibson
Bill Paxton ... Simon
Tia Carrere ......

Pros: a large paycheck for Bill Paxton
Cons: loud, dumb

True Lies" director James Cameron was overrated at the time of "Terminator 2," and after being crowned king of the world for the sappy, overlong "Titanic," he remains so.

This offering makes one nostalgic for the...

Pros: Good action film
Cons: Just a few flaws

Action spy films have always been a staple of Hollywood; the numerous James Bond, for example, films prove that--though Bond films only represent part of the action film tradition. "True Lies" lives up to that long tradition, blending action,...

Pros: Schwarzeneggar, lots of fast-paced action, very funny
Cons: lags a bit midway through, nothing we've not seen before

I had forgotten how much I really liked True Lies, until I watched it again this evening. I should have included it on my best of action/adventure films, but I guess I wasn't thinking about it at the time. Whatever its faults, and it does have a few,...

Pros: see review
Cons: see review

Of all the genres to mix comedy with, action has the most potential because everything is so over-the-top anyway, it wouldn't be any more unrealistic if a few jokes and gags were thrown in. This is the appeal and them of "True Lies:" it...

Pros: Great Action & Suspense
Cons: Unbelievable

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...

Pros: Just the right mix of action and comedy!
Cons: Helen so dumb that she never suspects ANYTHING?!

Let me be upfront here. I don't "go" to the movies. Either I
rent, or wait until a movie comes to cable. (In fact, the last time we
actually sat in a movie theater was to watch "Twister" so that
should tell you how...

Pros: Mixture of action, comedy, and adventure
Cons: A little hoaky, hackneyed plot

I enjoyed True Lies, but most of the explosions are a little far fetched. Schwarzenegger, Arnold, and Curtis do a great job of acting. The directors did a nice job of working humor in to the plot with the escapades of Simon as well as witty remarks from...

Pros: Very fun to watch, lots of good action scenes, nice humor.
Cons: Unrealistic when the machine gun falls down the stairs.

True Lies is a exceptional film, filled with great action scenes, good humor, and a macho hero. The hero is of course, the action movie master, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The plot is basically Arnold tries to stop terrorists from taking over the...