Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

dandare4479 True Lies I was lucky enough to see in the cinema back in 1994 and it is still one of the films I enjoyed the most on the big screen for spectacular action scenes. The film is a masterclass in directing high octane action scenes. The viewer can always see exactly what is happening in a James Cameron film when the action kicks in. The bridge chase being a stand out scene, including the amazing stunt done by Jamie Lee Curtis, whom is brilliant in this film, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger and Cameron work well together and produce great films. This film blends the action with comedy. Special mention to the late great Bill Paxton who is hilarious in his role here. Still awaiting a Blu-ray release for this one, hopefully it will come out soon, as it truly deserves it. Highly recommended for action fans.

slightlymad22 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.

Deigues "True Lies" is an action-comedy from James Cameron. It opened in theaters in 1994 and it was one of the last watchable movies of Schwarzenegger's career - before his stint into politics.The main plot is nothing spectacular (far from it): it takes a generic and stereotypical antagonist (in this case a Palestinian terrorist) and instills him with an infinite rage towards the USA. He becomes particularly dangerous when he manages to take control of nuclear weapons, making him Schwarzenegger's main target, as he seems to be the only person who can stop the terrorist and ultimately save the world. *Sigh*Thankfully, this plot gets sidetracked along the way and a more interesting one takes over. Schwarzenegger plays the role of a secret agent, but he isn't the sort of spy with a dark and troubled past nor is he a suave and carefree bachelor – he's married. On the one hand, his spy life is unbeknown to his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who is convinced he is nothing more than a boring computer salesman and, even worse than that, a boring husband. On the other hand, Schwarzenegger is clueless to the unhappiness of his wife, whom he believes to be a fulfilled and satisfied woman - which of these lies is worse seems to be debatable.While most of the films in Schwarzenegger's career saw him as nothing more than a supremely built being and completely ignored the growing of his age (he was pushing 50 around the time of shooting), "True Lies" seems to be one of the few that recognized this fact and used it to its advantage. While the hero is still above most of his enemies, there is a human side to him and it's that side that draws us the most.I found myself entertained by the tension surrounding the struggling couple, as hijinks quickly ensue and they are both thrust into Schwarzenegger's spy world. Unfortunately, the couple's storyline seems to finish at the beginning of the third act. After which the film prolongs its welcome with 20 extra minutes of pure action to neatly tie a very thin and generic plot that nobody really cares about.Still, "True Lies" achieves what it sets out to do. It's a fun movie with a lot of action, explosions, special effects and elements of comedy underneath. While it is far from being Cameron's most inspired work it is still a rather enjoyable film.

Thomas Drufke 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