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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
True Lies
This film perfectly blends comedy and action together to create something, that while it's over two hours long, just goes by at the blink of an eye. The dialogue was funny, and the stunts were visually spectacular. The premise isn't amazing but it was clever in its execution. There was a period in the middle of the movie where the terrorist threats had taken a back seat and it was all about finding out about the affair of the character's wife. It was such a strong focus in that segment that you start to wonder if the threat was forgotten (it wasn't). The same kind of feeling appears near the end of the film, where after the rescue you thought that the film must be near its end, but what about the main antagonist? Nope, they hadn't forgotten. That said, at the end, it did get to the point where they went from exaggerating to outright improbably, especially with all the collateral damage.