Rotten
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.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
True Lies
When he said I do, he never said what he did.
1994 · 2h 21m · R
Action, Thriller
Directed by
James Cameron
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.
Director and cast
- James Cameron Director
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen Tasker
- Tom Arnold as Albert Gibson
- Bill Paxton as Simon
- Tia Carrere as Juno Skinner
- Art Malik as Salim Abu Aziz
- Eliza Dushku as Dana Tasker
- Grant Heslov as Faisil
- Charlton Heston as Spencer Trilby
- Marshall Manesh as Jamal Khaled
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Brian Lowry, Variety
Fresh
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.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
As this comedy of manners unfolds, it is played for all-out action as well as satiric humor.
Caryn James, New York Times
Fresh
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.'
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
More films
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller · R
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Director
- James Cameron
- Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
IMDb
8.6
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
75
Die Hard (1988)
Action · Thriller · R
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad g...
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Cast
- Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov
IMDb
8.2
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
72
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Action · Thriller · PG-13
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Director
- Len Wiseman
- Cast
- Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long
IMDb
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
69
Killers (2010)
Action · Comedy · Romance · Thriller · PG-13
When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on his life.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Director
- Robert Luketic
- Cast
- Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Tom Selleck
IMDb
5.4
Rotten Tomatoes
10%
Metacritic
21
Knight and Day (2010)
Action · Comedy · PG-13
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- James Mangold
- Cast
- Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard
IMDb
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes
52%
Metacritic
46
Comments
Talk about the film with other members