"True Lies" is actually a pretty hard-to-categorize movie. It begins and ends with bullshit scenes in the style of the 007 series - outrageous plot coincidences, a little European and American-style nonsense humor, and the top special effects that are comparable to today's reunion in that era. A large number of gun battles, aerial battles, and hand-to-hand combat scenes finally praised the individual heroism represented by the governor. This part also accounts for more than half of the entire film, and the official poster also hangs the James Bond version of the governor. Therefore, logically speaking, "True Lies" should be a typical European and American action film. Obviously, these and the governor's anti-sky muscles alone are not enough to call it a classic. Filtering out the hail of bullets, the social, family, and marital ethical issues reflected by the governor's family have played a big role, which is the main reason why this film can be called a high-scoring drama. (I just want to insert a sentence here, the governor, the strongest man on the surface who is addicted to iron, plays a role with such a large span, I wonder if he will feel a sense of division in his heart. After all, Americans should not have The tradition of combining hard and soft...)
Peel off the bells and whistles to see what makes this movie evocative. The governor played a senior intelligence officer of the FBI, namely US 007, which was his basic role, and at the same time, he played the role of a low-pitched computer company salesman in his family of three. (As expected of Cameron, he played a trick in a play without revealing his face) For the family, the lack of a dragon's head and tail is the common denominator of these two identities. Harry's wife is a company secretary. Her work requires her to show a conservative and strict style. In addition, Harry often "work overtime" for a few days without seeing anyone. The psychological and physical needs of a young housewife are not enough. She is suppressed by the ego until she is satisfied. If you apply Maslow's theory of needs, you will realize the seriousness of the problem - her physical, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization needs are almost completely absent, especially physiological and self-actualization needs. It made her heart feel like a bundle of dry wood that was dry enough to be weathered into powder. This point is revealed from various angles in the film, but there are two main ones. First, Simon, a liar, a car salesman, targets Helen and other female groups. Housewives who have lived for many years, life is as bland as boiled water, they need liberation and want to live an adventurous and exciting life, and I will fulfill their wish for them." This is very vulgar, but it is true. So clowns like Simon can almost fool Helen. Another is Helen's self-confession when Harry was "compelled to confess". She hopes to be valued, needed, and loved. It is a huge temptation to have such people in their sights in their lives.
The artistry of the film is also here, it can ideally deal with some problems that are difficult to solve in reality. After Harry learned the real situation of his wife, he arranged a romantic emotional warm-up for his wife, but later the fake drama was real, and the terrorist broke the upcoming inappropriate scene for children. In the end, the family who lived and died together continued to live perfectly, and everything was so warm and beautiful. We can also understand the meaning of "true lies". The so-called truth in lies is true love and lifelong protection in the ethical sense.
But back to the reality of art, this kind of conflict in marriage is universal and difficult to resolve - men or women do not have such mysterious hidden identities to satisfy each other, they are indeed busy and ordinary Ordinary people (of course, without the governor's tendon flesh). Once people like Simon appear, it will be a huge threat to marriage - do you really imagine that your husband turns out to be a secret agent and takes you out of a car and a plane? ——It is quite difficult to make up for what is missing in marriage in reality. If you follow this line of thought, the final outcome of a man or a woman's derailment will no longer be moved by "true lies", but indulged in the novelty of the outside world. "false truth".
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