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Wow! What an extremely intense non-stop thrill ride this film really turned out to be. Before I saw True Lies I was definitely expecting from True Lies what I actually did about it after I saw it. What I really liked about this film was that the action was non-stop. It kept to grips with you all the way through. There isn't one single scene that doesn't bring you action, romance or tension between the characters. True Lies is without a doubt one of the ultimate Saturday night chill-out nights in front of the TV with a pizza. True Lies is a damn cool film that I personally think you will love for being what it is. There have been possiblities of a True Lies sequel without Cameron as director but possibly having Arnie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton and Elia Dushku in it too.
Arnold Schwarzenegger proves once again that he is one of the ultimate action heroes of all time. He always looks great in an action film whether its True Lies, Predator or The Terminator trilogy. Arnie portrays Harry with a strong taste and similarity with other action characters. Harry is a spy but to his wife Helen he is just a boring computer salesman. Harry always ends up doing the dirty work and going behind his wife's back. The way Harry treats Helen is a bit like how Indy treats Marion in both Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. Where I think he's quite similar to Indy is because there are some action sequences where they look like Harrison Ford-Indy stunts. For example, when Harry was on the horse and when he was dangling from the plane. Arnie's most famous character is obviously The Terminator but his character in True Lies is another famous character for him. When you see Arnie in action in this film, you might feel that if Sylvester Stallone was a far better actor then Arnie would have been a good John Rambo because of his body build and his attitude with killing people an deven saving people too. I loved Jamie Lee Curtis in eternal hilarious comedy A Fish Called Wanda but after seeing True Lies I love her even more now. Helen is Harry's wife and mother of his daughter Dana. She is unaware that her husband is a spy and believes he is a computer salesman. I literally drooled over the scene where Helen was forced to strip and I am not joking. True Lies made Jamie even more famous than she was already. Both her and Arnie made a good couple and on-screen partnership. Without either one of those two actors the film would have been a disaster.
True Lies is a film from a director that you would expect too much from because of the success he has given to us in the past such as the two Terminator films, Aliens and The Abyss. James Cameron goes to modern day action in this action-packed, intense thrill ride. James Cameron is a director who always gives us films that are really different but are all good. After Cameron's work on The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and True Lies I think it was a risky move in him doing a film like Titanic but that ended up being his most famous achievement. I would love to see James Cameron do more films like this because he has shown out of all the films he has done in the past that he can create a successful entertaining action film.
True Lies is one of the best action films of all time and one of the best black comedies too. True Lies isn't James Cameron's best film and it isn't his worst neither. I prefered True Lies over The Abyss and The Terminator but not as much as Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Titanic and Aliens. Arnie is still amazing as the Terminator. Jamie Lee Curtis is still brilliant and hot in A Fish Called Wanda which I won't forget of course. True Lies brings together another great year for cinema that was 1994. True Lies is definitely a masterpiece of action films.
9/10
