10 years after director James Cameron brought a cult hero to the screen with Terminator, he worked in True – true lies again with Arnold Schwarzenegger. In addition to the action, the muscle package can primarily prove its comedic talent.
Afterwards there is a To see another action hero of the 80s on TV. Sylvester Stallone mimics in the shootout published in 2013 – no mercy a contract killer who reluctantly together with a police officer.
True read on TV: secret agent with double life
Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger) leads a dangerous double life. For his family, he is a computer representative who has to travel often, but in truth he works as a camp-tried top agent against terrorism. Harry and his colleagues come to a terrorist organization that wants to fire a stolen nuclear warhead onto a U.S. large city. Despite the dark threat, Helen also tries to find out the supposed affair of his wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis).
True Lies caused protests in the 90s
It has not only been discussed since Twilight, where the boundaries between romance and obsession lie. Also Harry Use his power shamelessly as an agentto monitor his wife, what the film tries to sell us as a romantic gesture. There is also criticism in the presentation of Arabs as a stereotypical terrorist, whose organization in the film bears the name “Crimson Jihad”.
Incidentally, the criticism did not only arise in times of Cancel Culture, but already when the film was published in 1994. It was banned in 54 Arab and Muslim countries. There were also protests in ten American cities in front of the cinemas (via cracked).
In addition to the quite legitimate criticism, True can also score with the chemistry between Schwarzenegger and Curtis. Cameron also pulls all the action registers on a technical level and comes up with an action that has some bizarre scenes ready.
Shootout on TV: Stallone as a contract killer
In the second film Shootout, the aged contract killer Jimmy Bobo (Stallone) reluctantly allies with the young Cop Taylor Kwon (sung Kang) to carry out a sophisticated revenge. Both men want to retaliate for the murders of their partners. They do not shy away from anything and carry out a revenge campaign, which leads them through the shady corners from New Orleans to highly dominant corridors in Washington DC.
The reviews of Shoutout failed mixed. Our community evaluates the film Good 6 out of 10 pointsRotten Tomatoes, on the other hand, attests to only 45 percent of positive ratings. There it is said that both Stallone and director Walter Hill would not be able to create more than just a weak memory of their glorious success. On the other hand, it sees Philipp Stadelmaier from the southern German, who writes in his short film criticism:
Walter Hill’s completely anti-academic film is not an eighties homage: he lets strength and age collapse and Restored calmly and relaxes the essence of Stallone in the middle of the present. When are True Lies and Shootout on TV?
On Cable one Makes True read on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 8:15 p.m. the beginning. Runs immediately afterwards Shootout at 11:10 p.m.. The broadcaster also shows the repetition in a double pack.
Arnie goes again on March 25th at 11:00 p.m. on terrorist hunt and stallone we see the night of March 26th at 01:40 a.m. as a contract killer. Alternatively, the films are also available in the stream at Prime, and with True, also read at Disney+.
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