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True Lies (1994) -- When a secret agent learns of his wife's extra-marital affair, he pursues her and uses his intelligence resources in a job he kept secret from her.

Overview

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7.2/10   69,866 votes
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Director:
James Cameron
Writers (WGA):
Claude Zidi (screenplay) and
Simon Michaël (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 July 1994 (USA) more
Tagline:
When he said I do, he never said what he did.
Plot:
When a secret agent learns of his wife's extra-marital affair, he pursues her and uses his intelligence resources in a job he kept secret from her. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations more
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(50 articles)
Bill Paxton Tees Up for The Greatest Game Ever Played
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Views: Will James Cameron's Avatar suck?
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User Comments:
"You're fired." more
US TV Schedule:
Sun. July 55:00 PMAMC   

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Additional Details

Runtime:
141 min
Country:
USA
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby Digital (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Hungary:16 | New Zealand:M | Brazil:14 | Portugal:M/12 | France:U | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 (cable rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 (original rating) (cinema release) | Norway:18 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:15 (cut)

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James Cameron wanted to make Spider-Man starring Michael Biehn. However, he thought that the film would be technically challenging at that point, and made this movie instead. more
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Revealing mistakes: When the bomb goes off in the Aziz camp, you can see the springboards the stuntmen are flung from. more
Quotes:
Simon: Would a spy pee himself? more
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Referenced in JCVD (2008) more
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What is the name of the music played during the tango scenes in the movie?
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25 out of 37 people found the following comment useful:-
"You're fired.", 7 June 2003

After the nuclear fall-out of Last Action Hero, Ah-nuld needed a hit. Thankfully, James Cameron came to the rescue. Having worked together on The Terminator films, third time really is the charm. The film is both exciting and funny. It has just as much laughs as action bits.

To his wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) and daughter (Eliza Dushku), Harry Tasker (Arnie) is a boring computer salesman. Nothing could be further from the truth. He works for the Omega Force, a super-duper spy agency. His buddy at the office is Gibson (None other than Tom Arnold). Harry never has time for his family, and this leads into a hilarious sub-plot involving Simon (Bill Paxton), a supposed secret agent that Helen is secretly seeing. The real meat of the plot has to do with Harry and company tracking down Salim Abu Aziz (Art Malik), a pretty evil terrorist known as "The Sand Spider" (Why is he called that ? probably because it sounds scary).

Lasting over two hours, True Lies manages to be entertaining for much of it's length. Arnold plays his usual hero: invincible superman who can't get hurt. Tia Carrere plays Juno Skinner, a femme fatale helping the terrorists for no other reason than money. The sequence with Harry in the harrier jet are spectacularly done.

Rating: *** (out of ****)

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