True Lies (1994) ✦ First Time Watching Reaction ✦ Epic duo!

[@kaiielle]

As always, please get your movie suggestions in here if you have them! forms.gle/XZVvZhfhwFzsDpRU9 Check the video description or my website kaiielle.com for all other links. ✌ Thanks for watching! ❤

[@rowenatulley852]

Love your bangs!

[@IDLERACER]

🚁 At 33:37 you compared Jamie Lee Curtis' performance in this to her performance in "Freaky Friday." I just want to mention that if you enjoyed that, you might also find the original "Freaky Friday" from 1976 to be interesting. Much like "Smokey & The Bandit," it has a mid-1970s carefree charm about it, and I think Jodie Foster was a much more appealing Annabel than Lindsay Lohan. I'll put it in your suggestion form. 😎👍

[@SCharlesDennicon]

"Maybe she's sleepy" is one of my favorite low-key hilarious movie lines, like, ever.

[@crankfastle8138]

Tom Arnold was really good in this

[@bjgandalf69]

I love when people get the reference to Rocky and Bullwinkle with the Natasha with Boris gag...makes me not feel so old!...😂😅😊

[@justwondering5651]

"I married Rambo" is all the funnier considering that Arnold and Sylvester Stallone are rival action movie stars. And "You're fired" is either the best or the cheesiest one-liner, I can't tell which.

[@chrislaustin]

"Jaime has a rocking bod BTW", and she was 36 when this was released, middle age by Hollywood standards, and she looked absolutely amazing here.

[@bankbarcomo806]

it was edited. She was in some woman's magazine after this movie with the one requirement that they didn't touch up the photos, and she encouraged woman to not compare themselves to women in tv/movies cause their bodies aren't real.

[@keefriff99]

@@bankbarcomo806 What do you mean “it was edited”? She was standing on camera in her underwear. That was her body. She probably worked out like crazy and starved herself to look like that for that one scene.

[@5hanesBoard]

I didn't realise she was that young. I thought she was at least mid 40s.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

''Women. Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em.'' Is a great line

[@jamesgreenhow108]

Natasha was the mysterious hot vixen villain in the "ROCKY and BULLWINKLE " Cartoons of the 50's and 60's. Boras was her diminutive Russian Spy boyfriend/husband who fixated on the often unaware and naive squirrel and moose. No one ever gets the punchline from this movie anymore. It got a lot of laughs 30 years ago. Natasha's Russian accent and tight fitting clothes often black seemed dark and sinister to a 6 year old in 1966. But reruns in 1976 to a 16 year old was kind of a sick fantasy. But the 16 year old girls dug her vibe too !!! So enters the 1986 role play for young married couples. So Jamie's excitement about possibly being typecast as The Super Vixen Natasha was quite the forbidden joke for the audience.

[@balansboy]

One of my all time favorite movies. Perfect blend of action, comedy, and cheese.

[@Nathan-t7e8l]

Fun fact: In the striptease scene, when Jamie Lee fell off the bedpost that was unscripted. But they said that because she was such a trooper and got right back on, they kept it in.

[@MartinBeerbom]

It also improves the scene and the character tremendously.

[@bushbasher85]

When Arnold Schwarzenegger punched out the car window, he punched out the actual window and not the prop window that he was supposed to punch. The surprised look on Tom Arnold’s face is genuine.

[@keefriff99]

I don’t buy it. Tempered glass doesn’t break like that…this is just one of those anecdotes people make up so celebrities have something to talk about on the talk show circuit.

[@Beardo2517]

While it's debatable if it was the prop window of not, Arnold had a tool in his hand to smash the window

[@maurer3d]

"Have you ever killed anybody" "Yeah...But they were all bad" I always laugh so hard when I hear that line.

[@fatboy5926]

Aziz’s reaction after being told the battery is dead is classic. Basically shoo’s him away 😂😂

[@nicholasbyrne6485]

I love the line Tom Arnold says, about what kind of woman takes the ice cube trays? That would be Roseanne. She did that during their divorce.

[@MartinBeerbom]

This is one of the very few movie where I think the German dub is actually better than the original. They add many subtle zingers to the jokes. In the German dub, the ex-wife has not only just taken the trays, she took the ICE CUBES.

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

This is a solid popcorn flick. Guaranteed to entertain.

[@mikeh8416]

The reason she suggested "Natasha" is because it's from the Bullwinkle cartoon series. Boris and Natasha were Russian "bad guys" in the cartoon. It was very popular in the 60's (see my avatar)...

[@jinchoung]

the coolest little moment in this movie is a small one - helen asks if harry's ever killed anyone. and under truth serum, he say, "yeah, but they were all bad." for this little story, he is an up and up good guy.

[@lemousquetaire7037]

This movie is actually a remake of a french comedy from 1991 called “La Totale” and made by a well-known director called Claude Zidi.

[@MartinBeerbom]

I still use the line "Battery, Aziz!" EVERY time my battery runs out.

[@mestupkid211986]

I thought I was alone. Same with "It's an espresso machine" any time someone asks me what an object is.

[@tehawfulestface1337]

I still remember the day I saw this movie the first time. My boss let me off work early to get ready for a date. I had some time to kill so I saw True Lies. Had so much fun I lost track of time and stood up my date. I’ve lost touch with her, but I have True Lies in VHS, Laser Disc, DVD, Blu-Ray, etc…you didn’t like Tom Arnold’s character, but he was like my boss at work!

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

Jamie Lee is braver than I am. The fact that she was actually hanging under the helicopter is impressive; in fact, they had to wire her up first, then fly for 20 minutes to the bridge. Stunt performer Donna Keegan did a great job being pulled out of the limo, but there's no way I'm hanging under a helicopter, stunt or not.

[@toodlescae]

I'm not doing either one. I hate heights. That would not be my idea of a birthday present.😂

[@davidstevenson1933]

This movie is great. And it's "divorced middle-aged man" energy is just off the charts! It's like James Cameron conceived of the entire film while seething over his wife's petition for divorce. "Oh yeah honey, what if the reason I forgot your birthday all those times was not because I was cheating on you with Linda Hamilton, but instead because I was busy taking down a international terrorist organization via dangerous spycraft!"

[@kaiielle]

😂😂

[@TheWindcrow]

I'm glad the humor didn't turn you off to this movie. Most of it was very funny and "slapstick". Tom Arnold kills it in this role. XD

[@StarkRG]

At 12 or 13 years old this was the first R-rated movie I ever saw. My aunt brought me without my parents knowledge. I loved it then and I still love it now. It's ridiculous and silly and fun. Also, Jamie Lee Curtis.

[@michaelf.7172]

🚁 True Lies. Yeah... I admit it. I love this movie. I love the action. I love Arnold and Jamie. I love the premise, and the execution. (And, I'm sure whoever-that-was. is glad James Cameron finally made a blu-ray. I'm glad! I purchased it immediately. (That, and The Abyss. Both of which I've been waiting decades for!) So... I enjoy watching folks react to this. Some folks don't love it, some folks like it okay. I understand. All of y'all are young, whippersnappers, raised in the post-911 dystopian America. (I think the sad thing is that they could have gone ahead and made a True Lies 2, with Arnold and Jamie. They could have reworked the script. And, it probably would have been an excellent movie. It's not the movie's fault. It's our changed perspective. Don't get me wrong... I've worked in aviation for decades, and I remember 911, and how everything shut down, and how everyone was in shock. Made all the more somber by the fact that the towers didn't only fall once. They fell over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. And, we all watched it. In shock. No matter what movies were made, all of the movies immediately after hit broken hearts that hadn't really wanted to grow up. But... we kind of had to. (It's debatable whether or not we actually did, but that's another conversation for another day.) But... getting back to True Lies. It's fun for the sake of being fun. People need to take it in that spirit. The bad guys, they were bad. Could have been anybody, but don't forget, 911 wasn't the first time the Twin Towers were bombed. 1993. But, not the same thing. So, what do I love best? The ridiculousness. The sweet naivete. And, my personal favorite: The interrogation scene. "Are we going to die?" "Yep." I agree, the whole threat with Dana at the end was tacked on, and I wasn't invested in the danger. But, it's okay. I was invested in Arnold. That said, my girls were about that age when this movie came out. And, I do remember feeling anxious for their sake. (Having kids can alter one's perceptions of movie contrivances. My wife can't watch The Green Mile, because of the girls.) Okay... all that to say that I'm glad you enjoyed what you could from the movie. It's a fun movie of its time. And, if you needed to have been from that time to really love it... it's okay. I enjoy your enjoyment of the things you enjoyed. :) Thank you, Kaiielle, for the watch. As always. I will look forward to whatever you watch next.

[@chrispruett81]

Hey kaiielle.. Loving the bangs!! :)

[@ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx]

6:00 The good old days of being able to drive right by the White House. This film released just before Francisco Duran shot up the White House press room with an SKS and was tackled by tourists (and not he Secret Service) when he tried to reloaded. Although no one was hit this cause Pennsylvania Avenue to be “temporarily” shut down. That was in 1994 and it’s still closed! George W. Bush vowed that his first act as president would be to reopen Pennsylvania Ave. but he never got around to it in eight years!

[@Corndog642]

This movie is really peak Arnold. It’s so campy and funny and ridiculously violent. JLC does an amazing job and keeps up perfectly with it all. If you ever want to see more Eliza Dushku, she’s on the shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( starting Season 3) and Dollhouse. Fun reaction! 🚁

[@acrosstheboardcinema]

Cameron has a tendency to add an extra action sequence in his third acts, just as you think it’s about to end, he gives you a little extra greatness.

[@nmt2k2]

Bill Paxton was in a New Wave band called Martini Ranch before he really got into acting. Look up a song called "How Can The Laboring Man Find Time For Self Culture?" It was produced by Mark Mothersbaugh, and is very reminiscent of mid-career DEVO!

[@jonathanspahn7308]

🤣🤣🤣 This is one of my favorite movies 🎬 Yes, it is definitely over-the-top, but I feel that's the charm. Maybe it's just a product of the times, but I'm a fan of the 80's and 90's action films. Fun 😁. I'm glad you got some laughs out of it. 🥰

[@thegorn68]

The GREATEST Ahnold one-liner ever!!! "You're fired!" LMAO!!!

[@cornball7883]

I read that in his voice 😂

[@katchewy2469]

Great to see this one again. Its one of my favorites.

[@rowenatulley852]

This movie is so much fun . . .

[@georger.3489]

Perfect mix between action and comedy. One of Arnolds best flicks. Enjoyed your reaction :)

[@hasinurrahman4952]

True Lies is one of the greatest action-comedy of all-time.

[@kmac169]

On of the biggest things I think about with this movie is that it came out the same year as The Mask with Jim Carrey. I remember that at the time I was so much more excited to see The Mask than True Lies, and while I did enjoy The Mask it did not come close to making me laugh as hard or as frequently as True Lies did. I mean I would not have laid money that the action/comedy movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger would have been a funnier movie the comedy movie with Jim Carrey... but it happened and I love True Lies all the more for it.

[@pauldonohew3084]

Dana (Eliza Dushku) has a number of screen credits. If you want to see her as a co lead, I recommend The New Guy with DJ Qualls. Hilarious coming of age comedy. Great reaction.

[@jeffthompson9622]

Ms. Dushku was also memorable as an alternate slayer in the "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" TV series.

[@teambanzai9491]

Not only did Eliza Dushku play the recurring character of Faith Lehane on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she would later go on to star as Echo in Dollhouse (also a Joss Whedon production), and play Tru Davies, in the series, Tru Calling.

[@heavyweightlifted171]

40:42 I'm really glad you appreciated that look he gave. I think I laughed more at his facial expression than any other part of the movie. It's like his eyelids didn't want to reopen because they were in so much disbelief.

[@kaiielle]

Hahahahaha such a good acting job in that moment.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Hard To Believe It's Been 30 Years Since This Movie Came Out,Time Goes By, Great Reaction Sweetheart

[@MadcapMatt]

A great but underrated show that the daughter Eliza Dushku was in is called Dollhouse. Another show cancelled by Fox before they needed to. Only got 2 seasons.

[@StarkRG]

And the second was a _real_ struggle.

[@mvasqu762]

Loved your reaction! Great job. This was fun

[@wham-shirt-trimmer]

James Cameron provided the voice of the helicopter pilot.

[@jornspirit]

...first time on your channel, and I did like your reaction, very authentic, and witty! I quite like that movie... I do ignore a bit when it feels too brutal, and rather focus on the comedy side, which is very satisfying... Arnold and Jamie are fantastic, and Eliza was just a teenager then, playing a teenager... what more to expect? Yes, very James Bond-y, although Pierce Brosnan also did very good ones during that decade... overall Cameron wins on the fun side - many spot-on hilarious jokes, and the filming is immaculate and the script very tight - holds the attention well... overall for me: a winner! 😎

[@kaiielle]

Hi, thanks so much!

[@AndreaMGC]

We had this movie in VHS and watched it all the time. It’s a classic action comedy movie that doesn’t take itself seriously. I’ve loved Eliza Dushku since Buffy, Tru Calling, and (best of all) Dollhouse. But it wasn’t until a rewatch a few years ago that I realized it was her as Dana! Great reaction 🚁💃🕺

[@cbobwhite5768]

The part, where she was dancing, slipped and fell to the floor. Yeah....... that was real. But they worked through it and Cameron decided to leave it in.

[@chrisbullard5901]

What’s hilarious is this is based on a French dramatic movie with the same plot, up to a point. That movie is all the Simon affair vs Harry’s spy life interfering with his marriage. It took Cameron to breathe the comedy and high stakes action into what was effectively a French art house film. But this begs the question, can you do a comparison of the two versions of “Insomnia” (the American and Norwegian versions), much like the original and Americanized “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”?

[@wham-shirt-trimmer]

La Totale is the name of the 1991 French movie.

[@LordVolkov]

"Oh my god!!! Oh, he's ok..." The lone fantasy sequence of Harry bashing Simon's nose into his 🧠 is such a great fake-out. The rage building on Arnie's face combined with Bill's obnoxious laugh is just wonderful, only to cut back in on that laugh 🤣🤣🤣 RIP to Bill. Always a favorite even when he's a sleazy weasel.

[@maxhiddren3421]

Don't know if you know but Harry's boss, the badass with the boss eyepatch, is the Legendary Charlton Heston. IF I ever lose an eye, I would get an eyepatch just like his.

[@evenflowsteven]

Great reaction! Hope you’re doing well KL!

[@kaiielle]

I am, thank you!

[@gregorygant4242]

Arnie at his peak IMHO . Great performance by Jamie Lee Curtis too !

[@Thylonicus]

🚁 Ridiculous, outrageous, unhinged, ludicrous--amazing covers it, though, I think. 😄 I really appreciated that Helen was added to the spy team at the end, that she held her own throughout the movie. They walked the line a few times and closer than I'd have liked, but considering the era, I like how it worked out. I completely agree regarding Dana. I mean, I feel like something may have been cut out, because she was nearly superfluous to the move as-is. Take out all of ehr scenes and you only really have to rejigger the end a little. Have Harry fly after Helen instead and you've pretty much nixed the only reason to have Dana in the first place. I really hope it's a matter of the editor being a little too snip-happy with the scissors and not just bad writing. Fun fact: The fighter jet prop Arnold Schwarzenegger sits in for the scens of Harry flying to save his daughter near the end of this movie is the _exact_ fighter jet Thor hammers the Hulk into in the first _Avengers._ Seriously, the exact same prop. They dug it out of storage. 🏳‍🌈🖖

[@joce-in-stitches]

Since you didn't really recognize Eliza Dushku (Dana), I would recommend watching "Bring It On", and she also had a role in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer ". Both would be fun to see you react to. :)

[@kaiielle]

I've seen Bring It On lots, but that was back when I was a teen lol. Haven't seen it since!

[@melanieparker]

"Good call on ditching the shoes..." Not me. High heels are expensive and I've worn them walking miles to work six months pregnant.

[@theylied1776]

Yes, a horse can run for far longer than that but it really depends on the temperature and type of horse. In my opinion, the best endurance horse is the American Mustang.

[@MartinBeerbom]

It's funny that you say the movie should have ended at the "nuclear kiss". It's a remake of a French movie called "La totale", and this movie did indeed end roughly at that spot. Everything happening after is an extension of the original French script by James Cameron.

[@mattruff-re4bm]

the line should have been i married matrix( from commando but rambo is widely recognized more

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

Merry Christmas! Your tree is beautiful!

[@kaiielle]

It's not a tree, but thank you!

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

@@kaiielle Your lights are beautiful! 😁

[@madelinemitchell5102]

Always a win 🎉❤😂

[@aidanclarke6106]

One of the few remakes which was (far) better than the original.

[@unknowen1919]

Love Arnold movies 🎥❤ 🎥 ❤

[@MartinBeerbom]

The guy who tries to shoot Harry in the restroom wears the clothes of the first Terminator from 1984.

[@felixmendaros5425]

Call me biased or whatever but I agree with what you've said about older movies. They have their own style and feel that current movies don't. Unfortunately, because of all the new rules for making moves they will never be as good, at least that's what I think.

[@kaiielle]

I think people generally prefer movies that feel nostalgic to them, for sure.

[@tvdroid22]

Yes horses can run further, but that horse had been working how many hours already?

[@Celowin28]

If you think this movie is over the top, you should watch Arnold in The Last Action Hero.

[@LordVolkov]

True Lies is so much fun! The horse vs motorcycle chase is so funny and ridiculous, it almost reaches live action cartoon status (which Arnie would later embrace in Last Action Hero). Harry's childish enthusiasm when stealing the harrier jet always makes me laugh. "Bye!!!"😁

[@ChrisReise]

37:37 Fun fact: This is the first time a stunt was ever done like this. Usually in scenes like this, the person would be pulled from the car...this time the car dropped away from the person.

[@henrytjernlund]

Excellent reaction to a great spy movie. Double secret thanks.

[@lNiizz]

this is one of my all time faves!

[@KennyMrTerrellThisIsTheWay2024]

The bridge is out Kaiielle 😂😂😂😅

[@manuelruen]

42:33 "Let's take a month off?" You know he's not going to do that!

[@henrytjernlund]

Two underrated movies I suggest to everyone is R.I.P.D. and Tomorrowland.

[@jamesosteen09]

Tom Arnold is gold in this movie.

[@garystahl9948]

Love Arnold Schwarzenegger Great move Love this movie ❤️ 🎬 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@manuelruen]

10:35 He's actually Austrian.

[@cutekittens228]

@9:17 Idk why most reactors are so impressed that Tom Arnold didn't get hit right here, yes the pole did provide partial cover, but the assailant is also using a sub-machine gun, which is wildly inaccurate from a distance, especially compared to assault rifles or single shot rifles or pistols, and the further away you are from your target also makes it less precise, and it is also more inaccurate when holding down the trigger and just praying and spraying like the bad guy was doing here, instead of using short, controlled bursts, and of course he was also hip firing, another no-no if you want better accuracy and precision.

[@kaiielle]

It's more that the bullets were whizzing past him pretty closely and a couple even hit the pole he was hiding behind, yet he managed to completely avoid it all. Even if a bullet tore his coat open in the arm or something, that'd at least feel a bit more realistic, that's all. But this whole movie is comedy and so that's just one of the scenes contributing to that with the way it is!

[@NestorCustodio]

One of the quintessential 90's action flicks. Right up there with Speed and The Matrix. 🚁

[@spextrekid9410]

I'd say both Speed and Matrix are better movies, but this is the rare James Cameron comedy, and I'm always here for it.

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Don't forget Demolition Man! * Snort * * Chuckle *

[@Murrlin27]

What a gloriously awesome movie!! 🚁🕵🌹

[@javix2013]

The example of how to make a good blockbuster, give you good action and comedy to laugh and have a great time. If you want an experience similar to this, check out the Lethal Weapon and Bad Boys saga.

[@kaiielle]

I've reacted to the first two Lethal Weapon movies, you can find them on the channel in my Collab playlist!

[@thexintax]

One of my favourite Schwarzenegger movies. It has a great mix of Action and Comedy, especially Tom Arnold's lines. Most Iconic scene of the movie has to be the Dress Scene with Jamie Lee Curtis, everyone remembers that one. I really loved how the movie ended with Helen ending up being a Federal agent along with her husband.

[@kaiielle]

Yes, so good! Thanks Xin!

[@bladasound]

It's a remake of the french movie "La totale"

[@gritsngravy8196]

There is a movie that I haven’t seen anyone react to and it’s a sleeper movie with a cool story and different style of movie all together it’s called Bunraku Josh Hartnett is o e if the stars In it glad to see you back.

[@Raven5150]

Not many people can claim that make out in front a nuke going off its a small club

[@musicstar693]

@kaiielle. I'd recommend you c the terminator lethal weapon and speed and robocop movoes for action. Anything with jim Carrey for comedy ace Ventura pet detective 1&2 the mask dumb and dumber

[@kaiielle]

Everything you recommended in the first sentence is on the channel.

[@Raven5150]

Pretty sure Larry King is the most divorced man in history

[@Grujnot]

27:19 Fun fact, it was completerly unscripted and Arnold's reaction is completely genuine but she carried on and they kept it because is was so in character

[@kaiielle]

Yes! I love that.

[@SmokinDroFrayser]

The original Mr and Mrs Smith

[@kaiielle]

I still need to see that one!

[@wham-shirt-trimmer]

Actually a remake of a French movie called LA Totale that came out in 1991.

[@zatornagirroc7175]

I am not sure if 9/11 is the only thing stopping a sequel. In a lot of ways, like many of the 80s and 90s films, this has an innocence about it that is lost now. 9/11 is a big part of that, but the way we look at race now, or the way we even look at gender roles now. I have a close friend that is actually really troubled by some of the themes in this movie. I love it, but there are some cringe parts, and even the cringe parts bring a smile to my face because of nostalgia I guess because I saw this when I was more innocent than I am now, but there is definitely mixed feelings out there about it. Can I like something that isn't socially acceptable? Lots of questions in my head when I remember this movie and others. But great reaction, and I think discussions and thoughts about this are great to have.

[@stevenjohansen3827]

Netflix's Fubar series has very similar vibes to True Lies.

[@thedragonlee76]

There was a sequel that was ready to film...But 9/11 happened.The film was canceled because there was a major plot sequence involving a terrorist crashing a plane into a high-rise building.Tom Arnold tried his best to get the studio to greenlight the film.

[@BlankSpace83]

Please consider a reaction on „Banlieue 13“ with David Belle

[@jimdetry9420]

This movie was great.

[@Raven5150]

This the first movie arnold doesn't say I'll be back after he started it in terminator

[@Raven5150]

🦅😎✈🐴 truelies as an emoji

[@ChataCovers]

after the cameraman pulls out a gun and shoots the 3 terrorists......why do they switch the focus to the main guy chasing Dana? why doesn't the cameraman who saw the main guy go after Dana follow with this gun?? funny how they just let that slide

[@thedragonlee76]

The cameramans job was to secure that floor and additional forces were to come up and secure the floor with him.

[@nightshade7240]

First a factual bit of information. A missile or an incendiary device cannot set off a nuclear warhead. Without going too much into it, there is a particular sequence that has to occur for a warhead to go nuclear. That sequence cannot be activated in any way by explosions or shocks or vibrations from say earthquakes. Arnold should know that, considering he knows the specifics of the weapon. This movie is fantastic but it could have been shorter and the bit with kidnapping Dana was just completely unnecessary. Having Dana in the movie at all just felt tacked on. Apart from that it's a popcorn movie. It's not too serious, it has great action backed up by humour and hotties.

[@havok6280]

Dana slayed all her scenes... she can really bring it on...

[@joce-in-stitches]

@havok6280 You just have to have a little faith, right?

[@TheReesterBunny]

You should check out Mr and Mrs Smith (2005)!

[@kaiielle]

On my list to get to one day!

[@giftmakoo4969]

Watch rush-hour movies.... Its comedy cop. Best duo from Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker

[@ysmith494]

It’s about a lie that’s really true but still a lie. 😂

[@knytestorme]

Great reaction "I have faith".....no, Aziz has Faith ;)