This is a film desperately unsure what it wants to be. The first and final third are standard action pieces whilst the middle is a moderately entertaining comedy. The film neither excels or fails at either but you feel that the studio found one action script about terrorists, another about about a lying spy-husband and tried to combine them with so-so results. Schwarzenegger and Curtis are good (Arnie probably puts in his best performance) but the film is hijacked from under their noses by Tom Arnold and Bill Paxton (who is superbly slimy). Cameron leaves his fingerprints all over the film and handles the set pieces with his usual style but full-on comedy just might not be his forte. All-in-all a good film that's hard to fault but not as excellent as the credit list may lead you to believe.
