Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Reviews
From Amazon.co.uk
From The Terminator to Titanic, you can always rely on writer-director James Cameron to show you something you've never seen on the big screen before. The guy may not consistently pen the most scintillating dialogue in the world (and, especially in this movie, he doesn't seem to have a particularly high regard for women), but as a director of kinetic, push-the-envelope action sequences, he is in a class by himself. In True Lies, the highlight is a breathtaking third-act jet and car chase through the Florida Keys. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a covert intelligence agent whose wife of 15 years (Jamie Lee Curtis) finally finds out that he's not really a computer salesman and who becomes mixed up in a case involving nuclear arms smuggling. Tom Arnold is surprisingly funny and engaging as Schwarzenegger's longtime spy partner, and Bill Paxton is a smarmy used-car salesman whom Arnold thinks is having an affair with his wife. Purely in terms of spectacular action and high-tech hardware, True Lies is a blast. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com
Product Description
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as US secret agent Harry Tasker in James Cameron's attempt at screwball-comedy and action-adventure. Tasker's bored housewife, Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis), believes her husband to be a salesman, blissfully unaware of his espionage activities even after fifteen years of marriage. Suspecting Helen of conducting an affair, Harry uses all the resources at his disposal to find out what's going on. He is shocked to discover that she is falling for used car salesman Simon (Bill Paxton), who has wooed her by claiming to be a spy! However, when Helen and Harry are both captured by a gang of Arab terrorists, he is forced to reveal his true profession.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By Bill Shakespeare
VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
I just rewatched this film tonight, after having not seen it for many years. OMG, not only does this film still hold up, it puts many modern action films to shame. Amazingly well directed, funny, exciting and griping, with some brilliant action scenes. Very good score by Brad Fidel. Arnold is never better and Jamie Lee Curtis is very good too.
I believe this film is cut in the UK, so you might want to import. Although I have the first pressing of the UK DVD, which had the uncut version on there by mistake. You can find this DVD because it has the old style '15' rating symbol, before they changed. That's the DVD you want. For the second pressing of the DVD, they put the cut version on there.
Update as of 2011: apparently the new region 2 release by 20th Century Fox is uncut.
I believe this film is cut in the UK, so you might want to import. Although I have the first pressing of the UK DVD, which had the uncut version on there by mistake. You can find this DVD because it has the old style '15' rating symbol, before they changed. That's the DVD you want. For the second pressing of the DVD, they put the cut version on there.
Update as of 2011: apparently the new region 2 release by 20th Century Fox is uncut.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Tim Tavares
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Finally a proper uncut anamorphic version. The previous R2 release was missing a lot of scenes. The R1 release though uncut, wasn't anamorphic. Thus, on a widescreen display you would get black bars all around. The newer 2010 R2 Fox release is both anamorphic and uncut. This is the version to get. Because amazon likes to combine reviews make sure you order the dvd with the ASIN# B003903STI. Hope that helps.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I had been looking for the anamorphic "uncut" version of True Lies and found this DVD on Amazon UK. Although I live in the USA I ordered this PAL DVD since I own a multi-region Blu-ray/DVD player that can handle this disc. It played flawlessly on my system and the 4% speedup from PAL to NTSC was not noticed by my wife or I when viewing, however I've learned some people are highly sensitive to the speedup. Rumors on the internet state that James Cameron is working on a Blu-ray version for release in late 2010 or early 2011.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
I don't think this film is anywhere near as bad as everyone says it is! It's Arnie's attempt at being James Bond (he even sports a tuxedo in an early scene) and it's got lots of great action scenes (explosions, Mr Schwarzenegger hanging off a Harrier Jump Jet, and much more). But it differs from the Bond formula in that Arnie's character Harry keeps his top-secret position as international spy secret from his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). So we're spared the Bond-trademarked multi-seduction sexism, but instead we get marriage comedy scenes and a variation on the familiar secret-identity theme. But, as I said, I still think it's an entertaining way to spend an hour and a half, and it's among Arnold's better works.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What can I say that others haven't? This movie has got it all: it is fun, full of action, is totally unPC, Arnie at its best and Jamie Curtis is brilliant.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cameron and Schwarzenegger team up again for a riot of an action movie.
6 Mar 2011
By Spike Owen
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
True Lies sees Arnold Schwarzenegger play Harry Tasker, to his wife Helen (Jaimie Lee Curtis) and daughter Dana (Eliza Dushku) he's a safe husband and father working as a computer salesman. Away from the family home he's a top spy for one of America's highest secret services. When Harry is prompted to believe that Helen is having an affair, it signals the start of a sequence of events that will out Harry and lead them both to a confrontation with a deadly terrorist.
To hell with misogyny and stereotypical Arab terrorist (Art Malik so OTT he's off the chain man), Cameron's True Lies really isn't concerned for political correctness. His aim, aided by his on form cast, is to chase, caress and explode stuff whilst having a laugh at every turn. True Lies, if anyone was in doubt prior to its release, shows Cameron to be supremely gifted at action set pieces. No expense spared of course, but you still gotta utilise those Harrier Jets, helicopters and horse carrying elevators to great effect. And so it proves. Throw in a tremendously funny script that gives Tom Arnold & Bill Paxton comedy gold roles to revel in; and what you get is a Worldwide box office profit of nearly $264 million.
It knows its nonsense, but it's the good kind of nonsense that Hollywood has to offer. Ever re-watchable, True Lies is undeniably great fun. 7.5/10
To hell with misogyny and stereotypical Arab terrorist (Art Malik so OTT he's off the chain man), Cameron's True Lies really isn't concerned for political correctness. His aim, aided by his on form cast, is to chase, caress and explode stuff whilst having a laugh at every turn. True Lies, if anyone was in doubt prior to its release, shows Cameron to be supremely gifted at action set pieces. No expense spared of course, but you still gotta utilise those Harrier Jets, helicopters and horse carrying elevators to great effect. And so it proves. Throw in a tremendously funny script that gives Tom Arnold & Bill Paxton comedy gold roles to revel in; and what you get is a Worldwide box office profit of nearly $264 million.
It knows its nonsense, but it's the good kind of nonsense that Hollywood has to offer. Ever re-watchable, True Lies is undeniably great fun. 7.5/10
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
one of arnolds best films
its a mix of comedy action and romance
todays films all rely on special effects
10/10
its a mix of comedy action and romance
todays films all rely on special effects
10/10
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Don't ask this film to be subtle. One more film against the jihad danger from Moslem Arabs with many greedy intermediaries in our beautiful western world. An atom bomb is worth a lot on the black market of military equipment. But the film is funny because Cameron makes it so. Schwarzenegger can come out of a frozen lake in a wetsuit but when he gets the wet suit off you can be sure his tuxedo and bow tie underneath are absolutely neatly pressed as well as if they were coming out of the Chinese laundry shop round the corner in Chinatown in San Francisco. There are so many incongruities, over-killings, a horse in a lift, a motorbike jumping from the roof of a skyscraper directly into the swimming pool on top of the next sky-scraper, etc. Luckily the horse is not insane that is forced to run after the motorbike: it refuses to jump and throws our dear Schwarzenegger over who manages to hold the reins and to make the horse back up and save his skin from a very deep fall. That's the only interest of that film. Extreme impossibility. But the last tango in Switzerland is a good mopping exercise with Swarzie's wife being dragged on the floor as if she were the mop mopping it. I just wonder what his vision of a bullfight would be: sweeping the arena with the dead bull? So enjoy the laugh and forget the narrow-minded political discourse that is just proved dumb by the extreme excess of the film, the plot, etc.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Paris 8 Saint Denis, University Paris 12 Créteil, CEGID
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Paris 8 Saint Denis, University Paris 12 Créteil, CEGID
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 298 reviews
4.3 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
good viewing
we like swazenegger so there was no way we were going to miss this one it is excellent viewing most entertaining
Published 6 days ago by benrosethebrave
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoy to watching DVD
I like DVD. That DVD is very good. They have amazingly funny, exciting and griping, and directed very well. They are with some brilliant action scenes. I never forget 'True Lies'. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Skepper
5.0 out of 5 stars
True Lies
It was a very good DVD I thought it was a bad buy but as it got into the film it was very funny in parts and some very good action .parts.
Published 17 days ago by John Christie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny & Entertaining
I used to love watching this movie but only had it on video, wow yer, video, so when I saw that it was cheap I thought why not, so now I can watch it on a boring Saturday afternoon
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. P. A. Wheatley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this film
I worked alongside someone who worked on the special effects for this, so....
I've watched this loads of times, and will watch it again. Read more
I've watched this loads of times, and will watch it again. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Harry Nicholas
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Arnie
This is isn't a well known Schwarzengger film and its a shame. James cameron was going for more comedy than action but there is some desecent action scenes and Arnold's trade mark... Read more
Published 1 month ago by cat woman
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good film
Well, Schwarzenegger is always Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis is always good. Too bad they had to have that Tom Arnold in it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Madeleine
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well-made film
This is great movie entertainment directed with style by James Cameron. The film succeeds in spite of the non-acting presence of Arnold. Bob Trueman
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Robert A. Trueman
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic of the 90s
Yeah I love the man and what he has achieved !This movie is a great combo of comedy , action and romance and is fun and fantastic and much , much better than the lame James Bond... Read more
Published 2 months ago by davidinator
5.0 out of 5 stars
True Quality
Intact, properly packaged and on time. Arnie gives a cracking perfomance in this comedy that is a laugh from beginning to end and lets not forget the lovely Jamie Lee Curtis and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Proby
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
