True Lies

1994 Action/Adventure

Borrowing liberally from the French film La Totale, this is an action picture, domestic comedy, and political thriller rolled into a crowd-pleasing ball of entertainment. Producer James Cameron wrote and directed the film. Henry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic computer salesman neglecting his mousy wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis), a legal secretary. Simon (Bill Paxton) seduces Helen with the lie that he is a secret agent; he's really a used car salesman. Harry suspects that Helen is cheating on him, and he sends a few colleagues to kidnap them. Helen then discovers that Harry is a secret agent by night, working for a shadowy group called the Omega Sector. Harry and his partner Gib (Tom Arnold) are trying to find four nuclear warheads that have disappeared from a former Soviet republic.

Director: James Cameron

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold,Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere

 20 Reviews  11 Awards

Reviews

  • Much of the appeal of True Lies comes from the smooth grafting of battle-of-the-sexes comedy onto a high-tech action picture.

    - The New York Times

    11 May 2013

  • On the surface, True Lies is an affectionate homage to James Bond movies, ratcheted up to meet the action/adventure expectations of today's audiences.

    - TV Guide

    11 May 2013

  • True Lies is so eager to give you a giddy good time that you're more than happy to let it work you over. It's a likably disposable pop cocktail.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    11 May 2013

  • As the perfectionist creator of bravura set pieces, Cameron is still the leader of the pack.

    Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times

    11 May 2013

  • The net result is unbeatably good fun, helped along by that inherent fantasy that one man can create global mayhem without stopping to worry who's going to clean up afterwards.

    Caroline Westbrook - Empire

    11 May 2013

Awards

  • Top Box Office Films

    ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (1995)

  • Best Effects, Visual Effects

    Academy Awards (1995)

     

  • Best Actress

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (1995)

  • Best Edited Feature Film

    American Cinema Editors (1995)

     

  • Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)

    American Comedy Awards (1995)

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