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| True Lies [1994] | ![True Lies [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418BSQN716L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: James Cameron
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Charlton Heston
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
List Price: £9.99
Buy Used: £1.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 4898
Format: Dubbed, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Running Time: 135 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5035822010048
ASIN: B00005955V
Theatrical Release Date: July 15, 1994
Release Date: September 8, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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
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a dynamite show November 11, 2008
True lies is an action/comedy film that starts off like james bond but with greater emphasis on violence,it then treads into comedy before finishing off with hollywood blockbuster action at its very best,the film with that in mind can be divided into three,arnie excels in all areas.
True lies is a james cameron film,the budget is vast,the action exaggerated and it is all so frantic.
Jamie lee curtis puts in a good showing as arnies wife who is bored with the hum-drum of her life,arnie is a spy who never told her what he does and there is a comical showing from bill paxton who cameron clearly enjoys working with.
I havent gone into mass detail here but needless to say this is one classy film.
 Puts modern action movies to shame October 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
Top class blockbuster September 22, 2008
Arnie is a spy, Jamie Lee Curtis is a housewife. Inside the lies of their marriage are a great many fine stunts and setpieces, with some superb one liners and a lot of first class action.
This is a very entertaining and enjoyable film, like James Bond but with less class.
 Warning! Croped version August 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a result of UK channel ITV cuting/censoring part of the fight scene in the toilet, I purchased this DVD, however when I compared it with my/the 4.3 Video I noticed that there was additional footage left & or right of the 4.3 image, which would suggest that the film was made in at least a 16.9 widescreen aspect, however instead of the DVD being a/the full 16.9 Widescreen version it has in fact been UNNECESARILY croped to a letterbox aspect, which has black bars top & bottom; This is not the only film to have had this done to it, also films that were made in an aspect inbetween 4.3 & 16.9 have also been UNNECESARILY & SEVERELY croped to a letterbox aspect, titles include "Broken Arrow", Beverly Hills Cop I & II", "the Long Kiss Goodnight" & "the Money Train".
NB. oddly enough the UK Video of the Money Train has, in comparison with the 4.3 version broadcast on the FX Digital channel, been croped on all 4 sides.
 Not What i Was Expexcting July 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this product upon the reveiws of others on amazon, to my dissappointment, i thought it was dreadful. This supposedly high action thriller, has few breath-taking stunts, and all that amused was the humour, which was so lifeless it was actually funny. Another thing that amused me was the terrible acting, i havn't watched many movies, but this was some of the worst i've seen, below HOLLYOAKS standed. This really is a dissappointing films, and although it appears to be only my opinion i thought it was lacking in almost everything. If you want a high action thriller buy BOND without doubt, the recent ones or Sean Connary in particular.
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