True Lies Movie Review 1994

Brain candy with a bang offers eye popping special effects and a large dose of unbelievability. Sort of like a big screen "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" as supposed computer salesman Harry Trasker (Ah-nuld) keeps his spy work secret from mousy, neglected and bored wife Helen (Curtis), who has a few secrets of her own and inadvertantly ends up right in the thick of things. Raunchy and extremely sexist, but not without charm; the stupidity is part of the fun. Perfectly cast sidekick Arnold holds his own as a pig, but Heston is wasted as the head honcho. Tons of special effects culiminate in a smashing finish. Very loosely adapted from the 1991 French comedy "La Total."

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 114 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comic Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Marriage, Terrorism, Meltdown, Eyeballs!, Top Grossing Films of 1994, Boom!, Elevators, Strippers, Spies & Espionage, Motor Vehicle Dept., Skiing

Screenplay

James Cameron

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Art Malik, Eliza Dushku, Charlton Heston, Grant Heslov

Cinematography

Russell Carpenter

Director

James Cameron

Music

Brad Fiedel

Producer

Stephanie Austin, James Cameron, Rae Sanchini, Robert Shriver, Laurence Kasanoff, Lightstorm Entertainment, Fox

Awards

Golden Globes 1995: Actress--Mus./Comedy (Curtis); Blockbuster 1996: Action Actress, V. (Curtis).