As far as movies are concerned, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been relatively quiet for the past several years.He hasn't really done many movies or anything since the early part of this century.He was at his peak in the 80′s and 90′s and back then, he was far more active while making movies like "Terminator", "Terminator 2″, "The Predator", "Total Recall" and others.He's made quite a few movies that I've liked and one of those was called "True Lies".It featured a deep cast that had Arnold, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tom Arnold leading the way.Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger) is a man who leads a double life.Along with seemingly living a normal everyday existence, he is also heavily involved in covert operations as he is a part of a U.S.Government counterterrorism group named The Omega Sector.His real job is always kept a secret.It's so much of a secret that he can't allow his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) or daughter (Eliza Dushku) to know what he really does.They believe that he's actually a computer salesman.As he uncovers a terrorist group led by Salim Abu Aziz (Art Malik), he also has to try to keep his family from falling apart as they become more and more frustrated with the fact that he's never around.This movie is almost done in typical Schwarzenegger style.It's loaded with a ton of action, but this is one of those occasions where they've thrown some comedy into the mix.Adding Tom Arnold and some comedic situations fit well in a movie this heavy on action.The comedy is presented in a way that doesn't allow it to get in the way and disrupt the flow of the film."True Lies" allows Arnold Schwarzenegger to be Arnold Schwarzenegger and that should be good news for fans of his work.He goes around beating people down, blowing things up, and wasting bad guys along the way.You'll get a lot of that in this movie and it's quite fun to watch.Along with the action and comedy, you actually have a solid plot that is based on a French comedy named "La Totale!".James Cameron does well blending all of the action, espionage, and comedy together with the story to make this a very balanced movie.This doesn't have anything to do with the movie, but the one thing that I can't help but notice is that Arnold usually plays an American, but he always has that European (Austrian) accent.How come none of the other characters in his movies recognize this? He can play a cop from New York or a man in the U.S.Military, but he always has an accent.I know it doesn't matter, but that's one thing that I've always found to be funny about his movies.He's American, but he has a non-American accent and no one ever seems to notice.Regardless of how implausible that is, it doesn't take away from this or any other movie he made that I found entertaining.I've liked several of his movies throughout the years and it's good to hear he's coming back to his old Hollywood stomping grounds in some capacity by having a larger role in "The Expendables 2″ movie.All in all, I hope that I'll like his upcoming projects as much as I did some of his older stuff.Until those come out, I'll have no problem watching films like "True Lies".Score. 7/10.Rating. R.Director. James Cameron.Cast. Arnold Schwarzenegger Jamie Lee Curtis Tom Arnold Tia Carrere Art Malik Eliza Dushku Bill Paxton.Film Length. 141 minutes.Release Date. July 15, 1994.Distributor. 20th Century Fox.
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