A spy movie starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by James Cameron, this is going to
be great. Why you ask. Because the last time James Cameron put Arnold
Schwarzenegger in something we got the fantastic Terminator 2:
Judgment Day.
A fearless secret agent
has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be
having an affair.
I promise there is more
too the movie than just that plot-line. It's so good, probably
because of the director. If you don't know who James Cameron(known
for directing The Terminator,Terminator 2, Titanic, Aliens, Avatar)
is he make really expensive movies and is really hardcore on pushing
the effects in movies like he did in Avatar. After he did
action-movies like The Terminator and Aliens you kinda know that it's
going to have great action in it. So let's think of Arnold
Schwarzenegger(known for his work on Total Recall, Predator, Eraser,
The Running Man) as a secret spy. Obviously he's not going to be as
smooth as James Bond but he is really good at killing bad guys as
seen in some of his earlier movies. Let's get it out there, Arnold
Schwarzenegger is great in this. He's in his right element in this
movie with one-liners and all. What i didn't expect of this movie was
the humor it had. It's actually really rally funny. Some has said
that they don't know if it's a good comedy-movie or a good
action-movie. I will say it's a fantastic action movie with very good
comedic elements. Some people get turned off in the story because the
secret agent movie takes a backseat to some comedy but i think it
helps the character of Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife.
So we got our secret
agent, Harry Tasker(Arnold Schwarzenegger), who is a great character.
He does some questionable things when he finds out that his wife may
be having an affair but it's nothing to dangerous. Yes you would
never do that in real life but this is a movie. If all movies would
be as real life i don't think i would be watching movies anymore.
Anyway, he's a secret agent, saving the world and stuff, as you would
as a secret agent. We also meet Albert Gibson(played by Tom Arnold
who is known for his work on Cradle 2 the Grave) who is for all of us
who have never been «the guy». He's Harry's backup. The guy in the
van and he's damn good at it. He's funny and a good partner to Harry.
Harry's wife, Helen Tasker(played by Jamie Lee Curtis known for her
work on Halloween, Freaky Friday), doesn't know anything about
Harry's life as a secret agent. Some people say that Jamie Lee Curtis
doesn't have the look of a secret agents girl, like in James Bond
movies i guess. But she is meant to be a regular woman who thinks she
is married to a regular man. I will also state that Jamie Lee Curtis
is a great actor. The character is good. Too round off the family of
the Taskers we got Dana Tasker(played by Eliza Dushku who is known
for her work on Bring it on, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and a
couple of episodes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer), the daughter of
Harry and Helen. This may be the weakest of the characters in this
movie. She is really unlikable from the start and i really don't know
why they made her that way. She is written like she doesn't care
about things the parents says and at one point she steals money from
Albert Gibson. I just don't understand why. If they wanted her too be
unlikable I'm pretty sure they could have done it in a better way.
You also get your bad-guys but they are more of the stereotypical
kind than anything special.
This movie is great. If
you like action-movies this is a must-watch in my opinion. Arnold
Schwarzenegger is a beast in the best way and he has great comedic
timing. The action-scenes are great, the movie takes some turns you
don't expect(not twists, it just goes places you maybe didn't think
about) and Arnold flies a jet. Can you really ask for more then that?
And they do the thing in this movie where they put you right in the
action. I love when they do that. Showing us that he is really good
at his job before anything else. Works great. I am one of those that
says that if your movie is 2 hours it needs to be damn good. I really
enjoy movies that are around 90 minutes. This movie is 2 hours and 20
minutes and i don't care. It's that good. The time just flew by. I
enjoyed every minute of it. My advice for you, go watch it, go watch
it now.
TL;DR
Arnold Schwarzenegger and
James Cameron does everything right again. Arnold is a beast, a true
BAMF. Great humor. Great action. A little long run-time but it's so
good that time just flies by. I highly recommend to watch this.
Arnold Schwarzenegger best work with the exception of Terminator 2:
Judgment Day.
My question for you:
What
do you think of Arnold Schwarzenegger movies?
Should
they make a sequel(it has been rumored for a long time)?
Please
leave a comment(negative,positive, suggestions or/and answers).
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