TRUE LIES (1994) REACTION & REVIEW | First Time Watching

[@HappyHarryHardon]

Two words…Trading Places. Four words…A Fish Called Wanda

[@dicktrickle741]

She was born a man, true! You can look it up.

[@jameswoods4793]

Exactly and why does he thinks Arnold makes low budget movies

[@richardhilliard5611]

Two more words. Kindergarten Cop.

[@Knightowl1980]

19:40 “What if she was spy from a different agency” You just describe Mr and Mrs Smith

[@k.delpino1124]

The original tv series of Mr and Mrs Smith was actually on at the time.

[@dennislittau6320]

When you talked over the "you're fired" line, I was yelling inside my head "SHUT UP!, SHUT UP! SHUT UUUUP!!!" 🤣

[@karenielsen4713]

Haha.. I had a Chandler moment too 😂😂😂

[@darchon5]

Also interesting how he said at the end that he wanted Tom Arnold to STFU at times for talking too much, while he himself talked over a few great one-liners, sadly, such as this one.

[@astranoel895]

Yes ohh my godddd

[@astranoel895]

​@@darchon5yeah I actually find his talking was a bit much sometimes, or maybe just badly placed

[@BonniBarlow-fn6oj]

@@darchon5 Yeah - bad habit, when the reactor talks constantly and misses lines and important moments. The stfu line applies to you, bud, Omn1media. I would subscribe and listen to more if you could curb that, if you care to.

[@DonMachado]

Jamie Lee Curtis did her own stunts in the limousine on the bridge, including being pulled out of the skylight by a helicopter and dangling beneath it. That shot of her face from the helicopter as she's screaming, "HARRY!" was true fear!

[@Jim1791]

I always thought that looked real. Thanks for the confirmation.

[@SweetSlytherinGirl-Jennifer]

The movies in the 90s are just incredible. Music, movies, fashion, all totally rocked in the 90s.

[@rolandcooke]

"What happened to the terrorist plot? Did they just forget about it?" ...... < Hotel door crashes open >

[@moneecah]

You should watch Trading Places, Jamie Lee Curtis in that is something else 10/10

[@dlweiss]

Hell yeah! Such a great film - and I unironically think that THIS is the performance that should've won Jamie Lee Curtis the Oscar for Supporting Actress. She had to do it all in this film, and she carries it off amazingly. :)

[@k.delpino1124]

This won her a Golden Globe.

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

I think Jamie Lee Curtis deserves an Oscar for the interrogation scene. I mean, I feel it in my bones when she takes that chair to the 3 way mirror

[@k.delpino1124]

Well.... She did win 2 awards. One of them was a golden-globe.

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

@k.delpino1124 learn something new every day. 😊

[@toodlescae]

I heard that the car window Arnold smashed with his fist was an actual window. They had a prop window set up but he hit the wrong window. Tom Arnold mentioned it during an interview and said Arnie had to take off long enough for his hand to heal because he had injured it pretty bad. My mom accidentally gave me an ambien instead of an allergy pill one day. Let's say I will *never* voluntarily take ambien again. I thought I was dying. Everything started spinning and I got super dizzy before I passed out for several hours. Jamie Lee Curtis actually got to do the helicopter stunt herself as a birthday present.

[@rolandcooke]

My wife just named the two mourning doves that come to our window feeder every day....Boris and Doris. :D

[@gremalien]

It’s crazy seeing Faith the vampire slayer as young as she is!! Hadn’t seen this in sooooooo long! Awesome reaction!

[@jasonstrickland9245]

It totally tripped me out as a kid!

[@baebaerose86]

Fun fact: Jamie Lee Curtis dance scene? She fell for real and Arnold was ready to check if she's okay but sat back down bcuz he got be in character and they were still rolling 😂🤣

[@sleeper-cassie]

40:56 - Jamie Lee Curtis rolled a Natural 20 to fire the gun, but a Natural 1 to handle the kickback, and the DM couldn’t think of a good way to reconcile them.

[@jacquelinedimattia774]

This movie is so fun!!! Jamie Lee Curtis' acting is top here.

[@wmarshall7375]

So many great moments in this movie but i think my favourite one has to be 'battery aziz'. Such a serious moment and then something so mundane as the battery going flat and the henchman getting nervous just kills me everytime😂😂😂

[@jeffthompson9622]

I'm glad that you appreciated this, and shared your reaction. "True Lies" is one of my favorites.

[@JeremyB8419]

Had a small TV/VHS player at my parents house in the computer room. I like background noise. True Lies stayed in that TV for around 4 years on constant replay. I've seen it (heard it) well over a thousand times lol.

[@Omn1Media]

Two movies that were my equivalent were Tremors 2 and Jurassic Park 2! I'd always put on sequels for background noise haha

[@Camuska]

As a french, I knew the original movie first (La Totale) but when I was a kid, as every kid of my age, I was an Arnold fan, so I was so happy to see him in an american remake of the movie. It was very different of course, but I really loved to see what stayed and what changed.

[@jpd9h2i7]

Finally someone in the comment section that realized this is a remake.

[@krono5el]

Arnies french was not bad either, "vid vid" : )

[@rolandcooke]

I need to check La Totale out!

[@mojoshivers]

I’d put this in the second tier of Cameron’s films, right below the top tier of like Aliens and T2. But I think True Lies is overwhelmingly great and definitely Cameron’s funniest film. It’s also one I can watch repeatedly with no fatigue because of the humor. I mean-you get spoiled when you know how an action scene plays out, but if a scene is funny it’s still funny decades later.

[@foof76]

You have to see Trading Places. Excellent 80s comedy, and that's where Jamie Lee OFFICIALLY changed her good girl image. And yes, Fish Called Wanda is another great one

[@justwondering5651]

No stunt doubles, Jamie and Arnold actually did that helicopter rescue from the limo scene themselves.

[@krono5el]

No way, its crazy how many people havent seen this Arnie/Cameron classic. a bit shocking : p

[@joegreene7619]

Peak Arnie, smoking hot Jamie Lee, and a young Eliza Dushku. This was absolutely brilliant to see in theaters.

[@tehawfulestface1337]

Two actresses who became action stars themselves. Arnie’s daughter Dana played by Eliza Dushku, the anti-heroine Vampire Slayer Faith in Buffy and Angel TV series. Juno Skinner played by Tia Carrere who played an Indiana Jones/Lara Croft character in the TV series Relic Hunter.

[@Bishop228]

Thanks, Captain Obvious. Why do people come to KZbin comment sections to copy/paste Wikipedia articles like they’re experts or something? Most people already know this information.

[@tehawfulestface1337]

@@Bishop228 Not an expert, just a fan of the shows (Buffy, Angel , Relic Hunter) and both characters. Stood up a date to see True Lies in theater and just sharing how pleasantly surprised at how Eliza Dushku later turned out. Who reads Wikipedia?

[@joshseane9830]

James Cameron never misses!!! An awesometacular action comedy!!!

[@BigGator5]

"Have you ever killed anyone?" "Yeah, but they were all bad." Fun Fact: The USMC supplied three Harriers and their pilots for a fee of $100,736 ($2,410 per hour). Art Imitates Life Fact: At one point in the movie, Gib tells a story about his second wife taking everything when she left him, even the ice cube trays from the freezer. This is a direct reference to Tom Arnold's divorce from Roseanne Barr that was happening at the same time. Barr was reported to have taken his ice cube trays when she left him as well. Arnold told the story to James Cameron on the set and Cameron incorporated it into the film. That's Hot Fact: The set of bra and matching panties worn by Helen Tasker during the striptease scene were Jamie Lee Curtis's own. Curtis rehearsed the scene extensively with director James Cameron, and it was there that the fall she makes in the middle of the dance was conceived (it didn't happen spontaneously during the actual shooting, as is often claimed). Arnold Schwarzenegger was not told of this beforehand, and this is hinted at when Harry briefly sits up in alarm, realizes that he is breaking character, and then relaxes.

[@redviper6805]

When Arnold was seconds away from launching the missile, I was thinking “don’t say it don’t say it you’re really not gonna say it” and sure enough Arnold said it; you’re fired

[@justwondering5651]

"I married Rambo!" -- One of the best one-liners in the show (esp. considering the rivalry between Arnold and Sylvester), and you skipped over it??? Arnold said his personal favorite role was Kindergarten Cop. If you haven't seen it, now you will.

[@jameswoods4793]

One of his best performances

[@ianp1986]

“Are we going to die?” “Yup”

[@heathergeer]

Since you’ve expressed you’re a fan of Lilo & Stitch, you might appreciate that Tia Carrere who plays Juno in this, is the voice of Nani!

[@krondarr8865]

This is a classic. A near perfect blend of action, comedy and classic "Arnold" one liners. Done right. It is only fitting that James Cameron would direct this movie.

[@chrispittman8854]

Absolutely, Tom Arnold is a top notch "guy in the chair."

[@movieopinions7201]

Great reaction, your face when he fired that rocket!! Priceless! *YOU'RE FIRED*

[@Dave.S.Cramer]

I loved your MCP (Tron) reference during the interrogation scene. And the Aliens (Game over man!) reference as well. Good call!

[@cheryljohns7541]

Have you seen Trading Places or A Fish Called Wanda?

[@Omn1Media]

I have not!

[@cheshirekat528]

Both are must watches!

[@denisem8356]

You have to!

[@ericgallini3988]

I loved Tom Arnold in this movie!

[@freddiegillespie_05]

I loved your reaction. I don't know who watches people reacted to movies they haven't themselves seen already, but it's not me. So I'm not missing anything if you talk over something. I enjoy your enthusiasm.

[@youngstar312]

It's the first movie with a budget of 100M. James Cameron is just that guy ^^

[@andrewmcdermott8823]

I would love to see you go through a bunch of Arnold movies. Particularly commando

[@brianking581]

Cameron, Schwarzenegger & Paxton together again since The Terminator '84.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

Trading Places, and A Fish Called Wanda. You will LOVE them both

[@jameswoods4793]

Dude doesn't know Jamie Lee's range and pedigree

[@creaturion_cosplay]

a gem of a movie. really well done

[@jeffthompson9622]

I was entertained rather than annoyed by Tom Arnold in this. Also, he and Anthony Anderson were great comic relief in "Exit Wounds."

[@lionofdemise]

This movie sparked a lot of interest from Jamie Lee Curtis into many young boys at the time.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

For...not from. If the interest was "from" her...she'd wind up in prison.

[@jamesgreenhow108]

Jamie reveals the "Twin Peaks" in TRADING PLACES !!

[@jodyharrison6186]

This is one of my top five favourite movies. I LOVE it.

[@annmariemills1554]

You should watch "A Fish Called Wanda" with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline. Its British humor at its best! JLC is so great in this film❤😂

[@BenTanner92]

Love this movie. In my top 5 Arnold movies 😊

[@mishybbyx]

I’ve seen this movie so many times and only just now realized that it’s Bill Paxton who plays the scammer

[@OhTrappyTrap]

0:18 man that’s the best scene of the movie for obvious reasons.

[@RealBrianLeFevre]

“Slinky of murder” 😂

[@ladyhotep5189]

I love this movie. Its very rewatchable . I seen it in theaters as a teenager with my first boyfriend. Good memories 😊

[@gallendugall8913]

The strategic value of fully automatic fire is to create a "beaten zone" which forces enemies into cover. This is also known as "suppressing fire" and is mainly a psychological threat as most weapons on fully automatic (and not stabilized on a mount) are horrendously inaccurate.

[@brocklyons558]

Last Action Hero would be a good reaction to watch

[@victoriascholl4607]

I saw this movie in the theater, it was really fun! One of my favorite. 😉👍

[@angeloterrones9789]

10:09 he slapped her so hard you felt it lol.

[@JustGettinBy1321]

I also recommend Eraser.

[@Grujnot]

32:46 Seeing that movie at 13 confirmed a lot of things....

[@yokaori]

it's a adaptation of a french film "La Totale" from 1991

[@GameknightJ14]

The con artist in this movie is John Garett from Agents of SHIELD.

[@ladyhotep5189]

Bill Paxton lol

[@michaeljacyna1973]

That's the most obscure reference to the great Bill Paxton you could possibly come up with😂 Thats like seeing Leo Dicaprio and going "Yeah that's the guy from Growing Pains."

[@GameknightJ14]

@@michaeljacyna1973 Well Omni is watching agents of SHIELD at the moment.

[@michaeljacyna1973]

@@GameknightJ14 Still he seems pretty aware of who Bill Paxton regardless lol

[@katiefonner1778]

I'm glad you enjoyed pre Mr and Mr. and Mrs Smith. Your welcome that's how we roll in the 90s.

[@ghostwolf1435]

True Lies Kicks Ass

[@ScotL1970]

First movie to have a 100 million dollar budget

[@jameswoods4793]

After that he made the 200m movie

[@renanchristian02]

Great reaction Omni!! Jamie Lee Curtis has actually done some spicy scenes before this movie, I haven't seen Trading Places but i know that's one of the films, maybe put it on your poll?

[@joeyboogenz]

This film is legendary ! There was even a SNES game based on it !

[@christhornycroft3686]

As a kid who grew up in a religious home with a lot of biblical epics, I was really surprised to see Charlton Heston as Arnold's boss with the eye patch. Like a lot of things in my beloved 80s and 90s, some things really don't age well, but that's what I love about these kinds of movies. They're not just good movies, they're a trip back to a time that might have been better in a lot of ways, but there are things that make me cringe in 2024.

[@k.delpino1124]

A lovely piece of work by Cameron. This was remake of a short film from France. "La Totale!" which was released the same year as T2. 'Bigger than average' genre film and that worked like a charm. TL is exactly what it's suppose to be. Hardcore Spy/Comedy where the laughs and blasts are on the same level. Arnold personally wanted Jamie Lee Curtis at top billing as the lead actress. Because her character meant as much to the story as her husband's did. The studio changed their tune and were wrong about putting her name under the title's name. The late Bill Paxton as Simon the fake (3rd film with Cameron) was quite the performance. Prior to this film, Cameron (a Marvel fan) was originally involved with Spider-Man and X-Men becoming films which had the industry losing their minds. Also the late, great Charlton Heston as the boss of the Omega sector resembled classic Nick Fury. Other than that, it was great to see Cameron and Arnold working together again. There was a tv series and it lasted one season (2023). I wasn't into watching anyway. Just not my thing.

[@RaymondXperia]

19:31 - That movie's probably "Mr & Mrs Smith".

[@Bishop228]

This movie was a blast to see in the theater on opening weekend. One of the loudest movie crowds I’ve ever witnessed. Also, same thing happened to me when I tried Ambien lol.

[@jamestaylor3805]

Yes Biscuit was a saying. It was made famous by a line calling Chelsea Clinton a biscuit. Maybe someone here can remember where that was from. I feel like a Dennis Leary standup special.

[@jeanine6328]

If you’ve not seen it, another awesome movie from around the same timeframe is Demolition Man. The combination of the leads doest sound like it would work but it’s perfect, Stallone, Snipes and Bullock!

[@daurydavis3983]

You should check out the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

[@fgrillo29]

I LOVE this movie. Underrated Arnold film. Arnold and James Cameron really came up with such an unexpected hit. So many great lines and action. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@danspragens4935]

"Snowmobiles are usually a third act thing," you say? Just you wait.

[@javix2013]

I can't believe how you guessed the pelican scene.

[@yvettelang1961]

It was so fun watching you watching this movie ❤. This is an awesome movie. So funny.😂😂

[@GregPrice-ep2dk]

This is, essentially, Jim Cameron sending-up/homaging a James Bond movie. The structures are identical.

[@3r1kofficial]

This is the first movie ever made on a 100 million dollar budget...and of course it's only fitting that it's a James Cameron film.

[@joegreene7619]

At this point the studios would let Cameron do anything and Arnie could pretty much name his price.

[@afrancis1582]

This film has to be watched as a big budget parody of a Bond film, which was the ‘default’ spy-action films franchise at the time. Ultra charismatic lead in a tuxedo. World’s most beautiful women can’t resist him. Exotic locations and fancy gadgets. Start with the climax of the previous mission. Then start the main story, which will have a link to the opening seen. All of that is Bond. Even the classic Arnie one-liners (“cool off”) were being done by Bond since the 1960s. Only the secret family life doesn’t fit into the Bond tropes, and obviously that is the heart of the film.

[@baz711]

Love this movie, spy satire at its finest.

[@Grujnot]

If I may, it's a remake from a french movie (La Totale), very pleasant, so for once yeah us ! Cocorico ^^ !

[@thedragonlee76]

There was a sequel all set up to film,but 911 happened.One of the big action sequences in the script involved a terrorist taking over a plane and crashing into a high-rise building.Agter 911,all the studios pretty much canceled terrorist themed action movies.

[@michaelhandy9758]

Something to keep in mind, the marriage is the real main plot.

[@michaelhandy9758]

And the terrorists knew where they were because Harry used his ‘cover’ hotel.

[@k.delpino1124]

That's why JLC got top billing with Arnold. Because Arnold valued that in the story.

[@gregread8135]

If you want to see a different side of Jamie Lee then watch Trading Places.

[@midianmtd]

Check out 1985's "PERFECT". A terrible movie with John Travolta and Jamie-Lee plays an aerobics instructor. Image that dance but for like for 2 hours. 😏

[@yll7570]

Arnold Schwarzenegger is an expert at firing people , he fired Robert Patrick too 😎

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

See...some of the chase scenes in this movie (and most others) irritate the fuck out of me. Not because they're "bad" or anything, but because people will fuckin GUSH over something like the chase at the beginning with the snowmobiles... But then shit out their own balls over how ridiculous the Leia chase scene in Obi-Wan was. "She's a little girl, how is she getting away from these guys!" Yeah...and Arnie's on fucking foot, how is he outrunning goddamned snowmobiles? He sure ain't using the trees. The pursuers are equally stupid in both cases. And the idea of the chase is equally stupid in both cases. The problem is how each was filmed. True Lies the chase scene is jumpy and wildly broken, with few close-ups. In Obi-Wan, each shot is far too long, too slow, too smooth, and spends too much time too often on the girl's face. The ridiculousness of the chase is identical in both...but one is just executed somewhat better.

[@cheshirekat528]

Great reaction! One of my favorites from my adolescence. Saw it in theaters with my family, love this movie! I’m an 80’s baby so I grew up with all the “B” Arnold movies, except most of them weren’t “B” movies 😆 I would love to see your reaction to his catalog of movies from the early days of Conan & Red Sonja thru to Last Action Hero and The 6th Day.

[@jameswoods4793]

Maybe he meant "B" as in Biggest movie star on the planet

[@candicelitrenta8890]

You never saw the Terminator? or T2: Judgement Day?. Those 2 are Hella serious

[@denisem8356]

need to watch a fish called Wanda

[@ImaDoomvenger]

Please use Kung Pow enter The Fist as the next option

[@RealBLAlley]

Serious? Collateral Damage and Maggie. Jamie Lee broke that persona with Trading Places.

[@Omn1Media]

I haven't seen any of those unfortunately

[@k.delpino1124]

​@@Omn1MediaMaggie (2015) and Aftermath (2017). Arnold with range. Both good.

[@GreatOutdoors1]

It seems a little strange to me to hear Arnold's movies being described as "B" movies.

[@k.delpino1124]

The feel of his action films are on a B movie level. They just cost a whole lot more money.

[@GreatOutdoors1]

@@k.delpino1124 OK, I disagree, but to each his own.

[@Omn1Media]

There are exceptions like Predator, the Terminators, I'd include Jingle All The Way and Last Action Hero as well, but he made a LOT of action movie schlock during his run!

[@joshuabarnett88]

Omni, come on, you just HAPPENED to flip through and it just HAPPENED to be the hotel scene... Suuuuuuuuuure

[@michaelellis1819]

2 things that have never been in the same sentence is Arnold and low budget 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@jokersoulslike420]

Did u catch nick fury scene?

[@l.piloto7964]

True Lies is the name of an Intelligence tactic in which you tell a lie enough times you believe it when you say it. So, you have no signs of incongruent speech or behavior (you pass visual, verbal, body or, even Polygraphics test). The face has 46,000 nerve Afferents' so someone who has eyes closed doesn't know what to expect is hypersensitive so the satin-like feel of a rose slowly caressing the skin and filling the olfactory sensors in the nose create an incredibly sensual overload. She has a Mac 10 .45 ACP it fires 50 rounds in under 2 seconds, we used to cut watermelons, but you had to hold it sideways because of the upward recoil. Ok Boris and Doris, I had a lot of fun, thank you. Firearms like these are spray and pray weapons.

[@WesleyScottOfficial]

I dont care how wrong "Ass like a ten year old boy" is, It'll NEVER not be funny coming from Simon.

[@Grujnot]

32:52 It wasn't planned in the script, they kept it because it suited so well the character and what she was doing...