In the past few days I have focused on a couple of Arnold Schwarzenegger films, so I figured I may as well talk about what I consider to be one of his most entertaining.
Arnold plays the role of Harry Tasker, a relatively boring computer salesman with a lot of secrets that he must keep from everyone he knows, including and especially his family, who are completely unaware of his double life. He has the usual suburban house with a manicured garden, a family dog, and of course a troublesome teenage daughter.
He occassionally goes on "business trips" where he is actually infiltrating compounds on the other side of the planet (IE not selling computers) and he is, unsurprisingly, a one-man-army of sorts. His agency is called the "Omega Sector" and all the people involved in the agency help him cover and well, lie to his family about what he is really up to.
There are so many reasons to love this movie: The action packed scenarios, the power of the Omega Sector, Jamie Lee Curtis' jaw-dropping transition, and of course the comedic elements of the movie that are brought on by Tom Arnold and especially Bill Paxton, who is absolutely phenomenal as a sleazebag used car salesman who pretends to be a spy in order to score dates.
have 'em begging for buttermilk
The film stays engaging the entire way through, and even though it is still and Schwarzenegger film, so it is obvious what the ending is going to be, the movie remains fun for the actually quite long runtime of over 2 hours.
If you haven't seen this movie, i highly recommend that you make time for it as soon as you can. I have seen this movie at least 20 times and will watch it again today. It made hundreds of millions of dollars globally and it is easy for me to understand why. This is the highest rating I feel can possibly be given to action comedies with predictable endings.