After Terminator and Terminator 2 – Judgment Day, the third collaboration between director James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger with True Lies was less serious: As in Last Action Hero, which was released a year earlier, usual action procedures added a comic touch and satirized the genreeven including marital problems.
The 1994 classic with Jamie Lee Curtis in the female lead will be released for the first time in 4K/UHD resolution with additional Blu-ray on April 26, 2024 can be pre-ordered on Amazon *. As bonus material, in addition to the film with a running time of 2 hours and 15 minutes, there is, among other things, a review of True Lies as well as some exclusive archive material on the script, images and marketing.
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That’s what True Lies is about
At first glance, the civil marriage of Harry (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis) couldn’t seem more normal. But secretly, Harry is not a boring sales representative by profession, but rather a leader Top agent of a top secret anti-terror organization a double life, which is increasingly putting strain on the couple’s marriage.
Helen knows nothing about her husband’s secret activities, but begins to have secret service ambitions in order to bring more excitement into her life. When Harry gets wind of this, he wants to offer her this excitement with a well-intentioned deception, but he has to the two suddenly assert themselves against real terrorists.
Is True Lies worth it?
While the series treatment of the topic that appeared 29 years later failed, the original still applies as a popular classic and hit at the box office at the time. In the Moviepilot community there is also an extremely solid average rating of 7 out of 10 points and the FILMSTARTS review also gave it a good 3.5 out of 5 stars.
It says that the trashiness of the action cinema in True Lies, which deviates from reality, is not disturbing and that the love story also provides a positive thigh-thumper. The film is recommended and offers “Relaxation, tension, beautiful and strong Jamie, and an Arnie who shows his wits here and there“.
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