True Lies (1994)

True Lies rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 298K votes

Rotten Tomatoes77%

Metacritic63%

TMDb7.095/10· 5K votes

With 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 63/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About True Lies

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.

Cast of True Lies

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  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  as Harry

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  Jamie Lee Curtis

  as Helen

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  Tom Arnold

  as Gib

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  Bill Paxton

  as Simon

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  Tia Carrere

  as Juno

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  Art Malik

  as Aziz

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  Eliza Dushku

  as Dana

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  Grant Heslov

  as Faisil

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  Charlton Heston

  as Spencer Trilby

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  Marshall Manesh

  as Khaled

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  James Allen

  as Colonel

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  Dieter Rauter

  as Boathouse Guard

True Lies facts

Budget

$115M

Box office

$378.9M

Our take on True Lies

James Cameron's 1994 action-thriller follows a fearless, globe-trotting secret agent whose double life unravels when he suspects his wife may be having an affair with a used-car salesman, all while terrorists smuggle nuclear warheads into the United States. Cameron blends large-scale spectacle with domestic farce, letting espionage set-pieces collide with marital comedy and mistaken identities. The tone swings between hardware-heavy action and sly humor about the lies that hold a marriage together. It suits viewers who like their thrillers big, brash and self-aware, more interested in spectacle and jokes than realism. Come for the globe-hopping stunts and the mismatch of covert derring-do and suburban jealousy, delivered with confident, oversized 90s energy.