Cameron and Schwarzenegger team up for the last time, remaking the French action-comedy "La Totale!" by Claude Zidi. And even if the movie is less ambitious than The Terminator saga, it's still an example of action blockbuster done right.
Harry Tasker (Arnold, in his best role ever) is a spy, working for a top-secret anti-terrorism cell called Omega Sector with his best friend Gib (the hilarious scene-stealer Tom Arnold). He's been married for 17 years to Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis, giving us an amazing performance as well) a quiet, unsuspecting woman aspiring to be more than just a lovable wife/mother. Things got complicated for Harry when a terrorist conspiracy, a red-hot femme fatale and a rival "spy" called Simon (the always great Bill Paxton) threaten the American Way of Life, and put his marriage in jeopardy...
A true classic, the movie raised the bar for every subsequent actioner - that's the least we can expect from James Cameron. But the movie got heart too: great humor and lines from almost every cast member, incredible pace throughout, formidable chemistry between the two main characters... There are too many qualities this movie got and others action movies lack, too busy they are to show gunfights and car chases without care for good characters and plot.
True Lies got both. It's not even a "guilty pleasure", it's a genuine good movie. The best form of entertainment Hollywood has to offer. A must see.
Harry Tasker (Arnold, in his best role ever) is a spy, working for a top-secret anti-terrorism cell called Omega Sector with his best friend Gib (the hilarious scene-stealer Tom Arnold). He's been married for 17 years to Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis, giving us an amazing performance as well) a quiet, unsuspecting woman aspiring to be more than just a lovable wife/mother. Things got complicated for Harry when a terrorist conspiracy, a red-hot femme fatale and a rival "spy" called Simon (the always great Bill Paxton) threaten the American Way of Life, and put his marriage in jeopardy...
A true classic, the movie raised the bar for every subsequent actioner - that's the least we can expect from James Cameron. But the movie got heart too: great humor and lines from almost every cast member, incredible pace throughout, formidable chemistry between the two main characters... There are too many qualities this movie got and others action movies lack, too busy they are to show gunfights and car chases without care for good characters and plot.
True Lies got both. It's not even a "guilty pleasure", it's a genuine good movie. The best form of entertainment Hollywood has to offer. A must see.