Writers: Claude Zidi, Simon Michael, Didier Kaminka, James Cameron
Composer: Brad Fiedel
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Art Malik, Eliza Dushku, Grant Heslov, Charton Heston, Marshall Manesh
More info: IMDb
Tagline: When he said I do, he never said what he did.
Plot: 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.
My rating: 8.5/10
Will I watch it again? Yes.
It's been ages since I last saw this and I'd forgotten how brilliantly awesome and fun this picture is. I think you'll find in Writing a Screenplay 101 that you only include scenes that further the story. If it doesn't move the plot then it needs to go. The first half hour has our heroes going after the bad guys. Suddenly all of that takes a backseat to focusing on Harry's (Schwarzenegger) suspicion that his wife, Helen (Curtis), is cheating on him and that's where we spend the next third of the movie without hardly a word spoken about the big terrorist threat. Then it's back to the business at hand as we finish the picture. Technically it sounds all wrong but Cameron & Co. make it one hell of a fun ride which makes that diversion insignificant. The action is fantastic (blowing up the bridge was amazing), the humor is hilarious (Tom Arnold deserves a lot of credit for what he brought to the film) and the actors are having a blast. Curtis is as sexy as she is funny and everybody wins. One thing I noticed this time was how nice it was not to get the usual Schwarzenegger quips after he offs somebody. The silence was sweet. This really is a super fun ride. Unfortunately there's no friggin' Blu-ray. The 20th Century Fox DVD has the film in non-anamorphic widescreen which is unacceptable. Oh, and the only extra is the trailer. Very weak considering how good and popular this movie is.
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