Arnold Schwarzenegger's Top 20 Greatest Action Scenes

17. True Lies - You're Fired!

James Cameron's 1994 action-comedy spectacular was the most expensive movie ever made when it was released, with a reported budget of $120,000,000. With a heart pumping chase over the Overseas Highway and a finale involving a jet fighter, you can see where the dollars were spent. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Henry Tasker, a man who leads a double life and unknown to his wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis) is an agent working for a group called the Omega Sector. Harry and his partner Gib (Tom Arnold) are trying to find four nuclear warheads that have disappeared. Along the way, Helen finds out Henry's true identity, their daughter gets kidnapped and you have a hilarious performance by Bill Paxton as a sleazy, used car salesman. (An interesting note about Paxton, hes the only man who has been killed by a Predator, an Alien and a Terminator) Cameron planned a a sequel for release in 2002 but plans where shelved after the 9/11 attacks with Cameron stating that terrorism was no longer something to be taken lightly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOjUvjL2dbU
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Child of the 80's. Brought up on Star Trek, Video Games and Schwarzenegger, my tastes evolved to encompass all things geeky.