An average movie

Even though it is a rather weaker effort in Cameron's career, it was, at that time, the most expensive movie ever made (a recurring trademark in Cameron's work). Basically, it is a rather light and goofy action comedy with some rather impressive action scenes thanks to the massive budget mentioned before. As a matter of fact, it was also a remake of a French movie called 'La Totale' but it was barely seen abroad (I haven't even seen it myself to be honest). Eventually, I have re-watched this flick recently and I thought it was a decent watch. For once, it seems that James Cameron didn’t take himself too seriously and, in fact, it is his only film which could be described as a comedy (there is still tons of action though). Therefore, you have a rather odd mix. For example, you have the now iconic lapdance by Jamie Lee Curtis, a scene which is quite awesome on one hand, but on the other hand, it doesn’t make much sense to have all those spies trying to trick this housewife. On the other hand, at the end, you have this spectacular action scene with this plane and there was Eliza Dushku hanging there for maybe 15 minutes and, honestly, I wonder if it was really appropriate. Still, even though it is nothing really amazing, it remains a decent action-comedy and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10