True Lies (1994) movie poster

True Lies (1994)

"When he said I do, he never said what he did."
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๐Ÿ‘ 91%Google users liked it archived
Critics Score
๐ŸŽฌ 70% (RT: 77%, MC: 63) โ„น๏ธRT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Runtime
2h 21m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.1/10 (4,481 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
63
Cast
Tom Arnold as Gib
Bill Paxton as Simon
Tia Carrere as Juno
Art Malik as Aziz
Eliza Dushku as Dana
Grant Heslov as Faisil
Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it based on 4,481 votes. Critics scored it lower at 70%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States. Wikipedia โ†—
Fun Facts
  • James Cameron originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
  • Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
  • During the filming of True Lies, Arnold Schwarzenegger improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
Audience Consensus

True Lies is a 1994 American action comedy directed by James Cameron. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Harry Tasker, a top-secret U.S. government agent whose wife Helen, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, believes he is a boring computer salesman. When Harry discovers Helen is having an affair with a man who is pretending to be a spy, played by Bill Paxton, to impress her, the domestic crisis intersects with Harry's real mission โ€” stopping a nuclear-armed terrorist group led by Aziz, played by Art Malik.

James Cameron brought his trademark perfectionist spectacle to the action sequences, including a horse chase through a hotel, a fighter jet hovering beside a skyscraper, and a nuclear detonation visible from the Florida Keys. Jamie Lee Curtis's performance โ€” a dowdy housewife who transforms into a glamorous action participant โ€” earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. The hotel room striptease scene, in which Helen performs an awkward seduction while Harry watches hidden behind one-way glass, was one of the decade's most memorable comedy sequences.

True Lies earned $378 million worldwide on a $100 million budget.

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Eliza Dushku says she was molested during the production of "True Lies" by the stunt coordinator, a guy who still works in Hollywood and most recently did the stunts for "Blade Runner 2049" and "Furious 7"
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In True Lies (1994) a computer is shown running Windows in Arabic. This wasn't yet available at the time and the movie makers had to ask Microsoft for help
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