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If the Gulf War gave you an insatiable taste for burning oil and burning Arabs, this extravaganza will tide you over for at least a couple of days.
Providing its share of fun in stretches, pic ultimately overstays its welcome with a level of mayhem that will simply feel like too much for any marginal fan of the genre.
As this comedy of manners unfolds, it is played for all-out action as well as satiric humor.
However high your ranking on the culture scale, I defy you to watch this and leave the theatre without a whistled 'Wow' followed by a grudging 'That's entertainment.'
An old-fashioned, high-tech, fun time at the movies.
This mixture of comedy and super-agent spectacle works well at first. But when Schwarzenegger's family and working worlds link up -- an inevitable development -- the plot becomes increasingly ridiculous and overwrought.
Proves that throwing everything at the camera sometimes works a treat.
Far be it from me to say that True Lies isn't a fun lark of an action-comedy, but it could stand to be a lot more fun and a lot more larking.
Exciting mix of thrills, comedy; older teens and up.
James Cameron is able to present his usual high-impact action, pushing the film out of the realm of simple Bond spoofing.
An affectionate homage to James Bond movies, ratcheted up to meet the action/adventure expectations of today's audiences.
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I've said it before, and I'll go on saying it unless he flips out and does an Edith Wharton adaptation: Nobody does action like James Cameron.
Though not as irksome and irritating as Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero, this James Cameron actioner is more of a big technical machine than a story which is senseless.
Half the time, this hi-tech action movie delivers, in a mindless kind of way: it's fast, crude and has enough explosions and cartoon-style violence to satisfy our baser instincts.
One of the best mega-budgeted summer blockbusters of the modern era. A deft blend of thrilling action and edgy comedy.
The comedic bits fall flat - but the action sequences are quite outlandish.
Awnode's best balanced film...fun spy games.
Could stand to have about 30 minutes excised -- but the final one-liner is classic.
Good action sequences marred by a mean-spirited, misanthropic tone.
A thrilling adventure with many laughs along the way.
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