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Before Mr. and Mrs. Smith, there was True Lies.
True Lies is a big, spectacle-happy, explosion-y spy-action movie, a comedy, a subtle self-parody, a love story, and a very nice nod to the damsels of so many movies like it.
If you haven't seen it, here's how it goes:
Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a cool, James Bond-esque, tuxedo-under-a-scuba-suit-wearing super-spy.
Before Mr. and Mrs. Smith, there was True Lies.
True Lies is a big, spectacle-happy, explosion-y spy-action movie, a comedy, a subtle self-parody, a love story, and a very nice nod to the damsels of so many movies like it.
If you haven't seen it, here's how it goes:
Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a cool, James Bond-esque, tuxedo-under-a-scuba-suit-wearing super-spy.
Helen Tasker (Jaimie Lee Curtis, I told you she'd be back this month), is Harry's wife of fifteen years.
They love each other, but the emotional distance forced between them by Harry's unpredictable and poorly explained absences and the simple fact that she knows nothing about who he really is has begun to take its toll.
Their daughter is getting into her teens and beginning to pull away, and Helen is bored to death with her office job and lonely home life and desperate to feel anything other than bored, boring, and invisible.
Simon (Bill Paxton) can smell this particular kind of desperate.
Their daughter is getting into her teens and beginning to pull away, and Helen is bored to death with her office job and lonely home life and desperate to feel anything other than bored, boring, and invisible.
Simon (Bill Paxton) can smell this particular kind of desperate.
Wonder why that is.
Through a set of carefully choreographed cryptic encounters, Simon manages to convince Helen that he’s a spy, and that he needs her help, in the hopes of getting in her pants. Helen doesn't want to cheat on her husband, but she's quickly sucked into the rest of his ploy, tailored as it is to the void in her life.
When Harry finds out, he loses it a little.
When Harry finds out, he loses it a little.
But not entirely in the way you'd expect.
He proceeds to divert scary amounts of government resources to investigating Helen and Simon, but when he realizes the full nature of the situation, embarks on a haphazard quest to win back his wife's love and happiness by involving her in his own set of fabricated spy adventures.
The two of them naturally end up sucked together into real international intrigue, which shows Helen her true, adventurous calling and eventually forces both of them to be honest with each other.
He proceeds to divert scary amounts of government resources to investigating Helen and Simon, but when he realizes the full nature of the situation, embarks on a haphazard quest to win back his wife's love and happiness by involving her in his own set of fabricated spy adventures.
The two of them naturally end up sucked together into real international intrigue, which shows Helen her true, adventurous calling and eventually forces both of them to be honest with each other.
With the help of some good old fashioned sodium pentothal.
It's fun, it's over-the-top, and it's got romance to spare.
What image could say date movie better than this?
For a taste of both the heart and adventure and a double dose of what's awesome about Helen, check out my favorite scene. This happens when Harry first finds out about the almost-affair and arranges to question Helen anonymously. The scene is much longer than the best clip I could find, so again I beg you to watch the movie.
(The quote at the beginning of this clip, while cool, is not part of said movie)
(The quote at the beginning of this clip, while cool, is not part of said movie)
