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This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

At the time of this film's release, several recent films had unsuccessfully tried to make a full-on action film a comedy at the same time. Examples included Hudson Hawk, Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot and Arnold's own Last Action Hero the year before. These films often did not work as they either were too inconsistent in terms of the tone, too heavy with references or badly acted. However, I feel this film does get it right. The film is, like Arnold's often are, a wild thrill ride from beginning to end, and the script is nicely peppered with funny one-liners and amusing gags. It has enough humour to make it a comedy, but not too much that it takes away the action and becomes a parody (like Last Action Hero).The film is about Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who is the top spy/secret agent in America, yet his wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) and daughter Dana (Eliza Dushku) believe him to be a computer salesman. He works with Gib (Tom Arnold) and Faisil (Grant Heslov) under the command of Spencer Trilby (Charlton Heston), and over the course of the film, stops a terrorist threat headed by Salim Abu Aziz (Art Malik), who has hidden nukes in Persian statues bought from dealer Juno Skinner (Tia Carrere). During the first half of the film, he also uses his spy equipment to discover that Helen is having an affair with Simon (Bill Paxton), a used car salesman who claims to be a spy in order to seduce women.True Lies is long for an action movie, however the aforementioned humour stops it from dragging or becoming dull, as we never know what gag we're next going to be presented with. It is an all round good film - good editing, nice sets/costumes, and a story that ties up all its loose ends by the conclusion. For its time, the visual effects and physical stunts are stunning (although after T2 this was pretty much expected). I have always been an admirer of James Cameron, and he truly delivers here in terms of his directing, as some of the set- pieces are just incredible (it is no surprise that this was the most expensive film ever at the time).For this type of film, it is also very well cast and acted. Schwarzenegger gives his best comedic performance (and one of his best overall) as Harry, and I always felt Curtis was unfairly snubbed at the Oscars (she won the Golden Globe), as she really does have a wide range in this movie, and is effective at both drama and comedy. In addition, I thought Tom Arnold, the late great Bill Paxton and Art Malik were perfectly cast as the sidekick, lover and villain, respectively. Tom Arnold shows how funny he can be when given good jokes, and has great chemistry with Schwarzenegger. Malik strays away from some of his previous roles and is completely believable as a terrorist, while Paxton is simply a comedic joy on screen, with his banter with Schwarzenegger being the funniest moment for me. As well, I liked Heston in his minor role as head spy, as only he could give someone like Schwarzenegger so much of a talking-to.In conclusion, the perfect film for pure entertainment, containing laughs, heart, and action. If not for Schwarzenegger and Cameron's previous work, this film would be better rated and remembered.

Continuing my plan to watch ever movie in Arnold Schwarzenegger's filmography in order, I come to his 3rd and last collaboration with James Cameron. 1994's True lies. Plot In A Paragraph: Harry Tasker (Arnie) leads a double life. At work he is a government agent with a license to kill, while at home he pretends to be a dull computer salesman. Whilst on the trail of stolen nuclear weapons that are in the hands of terrorists, Harry discovers his wife is seeing another man, because she needs some excitement in her life. From memory, this is the oaks last great movie. What a way to bow out. Arnie gives one of his better performances (except when he is laughing at the end, when they are playing thumb wars) however Tom Arnold totally steals the show. He gets the best laughs and is truly a joy to watch!! Art Malik is great as the bad guy, as is Tia Carrera and Jamie Lee Curtis looks great, and has fun with her dual roles. True Lies finished the year, the 3rd highest grossing movie of 1994, with a domestic gross of $146 million (only Lion King and Forrest Gump grossed more) to become The Oaks second highest domestic earner.

True Lies is amazing great characters played by great actors, awesome effects, cool action scenes and overall a classic Schwarzenegger movie with some cool one liners also like 'Give me the goddamn page'. And probably the most memorable striptease scene ever by Jamie Lee Curtis. The bad guy is good he is not as great as Bennett, the Predator or The T-1000 but he is still a good funny villain the film is basically an action comedy movie and the 2nd underrated most underrated Cameron film after The Abyss. This film needs a higher rating here in IMDb and on Rotten Tomatoes maybe a 8.1 or a 8.3 and a 84% or an 88% on RT. If you are a Jim Cameron fan and an Arnold Schwarzenegger fan you gonna love this movie.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron have been such an efficient Hollywood duo for so many years. Sure, they aren't DeNiro/Scorcese or Dicaprio/Scorcese in terms of the Oscar caliber performances, but they have been or I should say were a prolific couple in terms of making purely enjoyable action flicks. And there's perhaps no one better at action than The Terminator himself Arnold Schwarzenegger. True Lies is at its surface a pretty goofy action comedy, but there's more depth to it than at first glance. Arnold is at the top of his game and Jamie Lee Curtis gives a surprisingly gripping performance.I knew the film had a comedic side, but I guess I didn't realize that it's more Fast and Furious than it is Mission: Impossible. But lets make something clear here, this film's premise works way better with the comedy than it would without. With that being said, I don't think some of the leaps the film made in terms of Curtis' arc were needed. She's definitely a beautiful woman, but in the long scheme of things was the dancing sequence really necessary? Plot wise it just didn't add up why Harry would go about revealing himself in that way. I also thought the second half of the film took a bit of a step back with the lack of Tom Arnold's comedic relief. It took a few scenes to get used to his comedy but when his jokes hit, they hit hard. In many ways his performance carried the first half of the film.In addition to this film being very funny, the action is spectacular for 1994. The film's look is very late 90's and early 2000's so I can see where someone may think it looks dated. But the special effects and action choreography were way ahead of its time. But that's nothing new with James Cameron. It was also funny to see Bill Paxton show up and have fun in his short role, another one of Cameron's frequent collaborators. Charlton Heston's glorified cameo was a nice touch, but there wasn't much closure on his side of things. And finally Brad Fiedel's score was also a pleasant surprise as he did both Terminator films with Cameron. So in all, True Lies is a blast of an action film that tends to get too unrealistic at times, but the performances of Arnold and Curtis make it an unforgettable 90's action comedy, and lets be clear, Cameron is the real hero here.+Special effects +Arnold's having fun +Curtis' coming out party +Tom Arnold -Too goofy at times 8.1/10