True Lies (1994) movie poster

True Lies (1994)

"When he said I do, he never said what he did."
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👍 91%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 70%
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Director
Runtime
2h 21m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.1/10 (4,481 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
63

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry · 76% avg
Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen · 73% avg
Tom Arnold as Gib · 68% avg
Bill Paxton as Simon · 73% avg
Tia Carrere as Juno · 73% avg
Art Malik as Aziz · 68% avg
Eliza Dushku as Dana · 73% avg
Grant Heslov as Faisil · 71% avg

Is True Lies good?

Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 70%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#48 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#8 / 84 · 1994
Rank among its director's films
#4 / 9 · James Cameron

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

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 ↗

About the Film

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 — 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 — a dowdy housewife who transforms into a glamorous action participant — earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. 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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