Product Description

A man whose wife believes him to be a boring computer salesman is in reality a secret agent.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 26-AUG-2003
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2753 in DVD
• Brand: SCHWARZENEGGER,ARNO
• Released on: 1999-05-25
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 140 minutes

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From The Terminator to Titanic, you can always rely on writer-director James Cameron to show you something you've never seen on the big screen before. The guy may not consistently pen the most scintillating dialogue in the world (and, especially in this movie, he doesn't seem to have a particularly high regard for women), but as a director of kinetic, push-the-envelope action sequences, he is in a class by himself. In True Lies, the highlight is a breathtaking third-act jet and car chase through the Florida Keys. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a covert intelligence agent whose wife of 15 years (Jamie Lee Curtis) finally finds out that he's not really a computer salesman and who becomes mixed up in a case involving nuclear arms smuggling. Tom Arnold is surprisingly funny and engaging as Schwarzenegger's longtime spy partner, and Bill Paxton is a smarmy used-car salesman (is that redundant?) whom Arnold thinks is having an affair with his wife. Purely in terms of spectacular action and high-tech hardware, True Lies is a blast. --Jim Emerson

From The New Yorker
James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger join forces for their first outing since "Terminator 2," and it's a bumpy ride. The tale begins and ends in a flurry of joke violence; Cameron has decided to spoof what he used to take seriously, and the result, though bright and deafening, feels oddly slack-he loosens the screws, and our interest drops away. Schwarzenegger plays along with this, stumbling into James Bond territory as a suave international spy named Harry Tasker; it's a stiff and rather sad sight. The middle chunk of the film defies belief-not with special effects, unfortunately, but with humdrum misogyny. Harry suspects his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) of adultery, kidnaps her, and subjects her to a series of humiliations, apparently in an effort to win back her love. Yeah, right. This section has no logical link with the rest of the picture; the two plots are just banged together as a kind of vague discourse on secrecy. Tom Arnold saves the show as Harry's sidekick; Charlton Heston pretty well wrecks it again by turning up with an eye patch. -Anthony Lane
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

ALL TIME GREAT FILM
I just want to say that this is one of my favorite films of all time. I say that because even after repeated watching it remains very fresh. I would like to add just one more thing that suddenly struck me when I watched it again last night and that is... the film makers were definitely inspired from the hit TV show of the 80's "Scarecrow and Mrs.King" with Kate Jackson. Films like "True Lies' are indeed rare treats. I can't wait for the great James Cameron's next film 'Avatar'.

I loved the Used Car salesman
True Lies DVD

True Lies is a movie about an U. S. spy (played by Arnold Swarzennegger) who tries to keep his true occupation a secret from his wife( played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of Franky Curtis, the singer). Anyhow this movie has some hilarious moments, I especially like the used car salesman, who reminds me of an ex-friend.

Highly recommended for fans of Arnold Swarzennegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. I didn't realize she could play a sexy role.

Gunner February, 2008

best arnold movie ever
Best movie of it's kind,a little humor lot's of action,this picture brings out tom arnold i never knew tom arnold until i saw this movie,arnold is really great with his famous one liners,and jamie lee is of the chain,great body,i will say anyone cnsidering do not consider just buy,this movie is a must own.