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Some directors and actors are, by their respective natures, simply made for each other. James Cameron delights in spectacular, mind-bog-gling violence where a minimum number of civilians and a maximum of bad guys get killed. Arnold Schwarzenegger delights in carrying out spectacular, mind-boggling violence while killing a minimum number of civilians and a maximum of bad guys...
...right now you're of course wondering about the real question. You've seen the conflicting reviews. You've heard the opposing views on Arnold. Now you're wondering: Is the thing worth seven bucks...
...That translates into seamless digital imagery and nifty stunts. When a Harrier jet isn't flying around Miami, a villain is negotiating a breathless motorcycle leap from a hotel rooftop into an elevated swimming pool across the street. Things go boom in the night. Jamie Lee performs a striptease. Arnold hurts people. There's something for everybody...
...prowls about in a tuxedo; he speaks French, Arabic and a little English. He even tangos. Then he is pursued by the usual inept Middle East terrorists -- the ones with a quillion rounds of ammunition and lousy aim. He escapes with the help of spy's-best-friend Tom Arnold and arrives home, where Helen awaits him in sweet ignorance; she thinks Harry is a workaholic salesman for a computer company. Helen always waits; she is Penelope, unaware that she's married to Ulysses...
Cameron was eager to plumb these dark waters. "I liked the comedy potential of the lies, the facades, the allegory of relationships," he says. "For me, this movie is about the unknowability of people. And I loved the potential of Arnold playing the spy role. Arnold lives in a strange, dialectic world. On one hand, he's a family man; on the other, he's a superstar, which means that so much is expected of him." The role is oddly similar to Schwarzenegger's persona in Last Action Hero: someone who plays a superman at work but in the real...