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Okay, so it's not Gone With the Wind, but it's a good movie, never-the-less. Despite a couple of inaccurate items (5 jars instead of 4, and shotgun shells that are plastic in an era where they would have been solid brass), it was an awesome movie, people.

Yes, there is a plethora of special effects, and they look really GOOD. This is the first "mummy" movie in my experience that covered the concept/progress of a mummy back into a human being. I rather enjoyed seeing a mummy having a purpose other than to kill off people who had intruded on the mummy's sleep.

There were moments, or particular scenes, which seemed predictable, but they were fun anyway. While the movie seemed reminiscent of an "Indiana Jones" adventure, there were elements of "Aliens", and others as well. Not that this detracted from the enjoyment quotient of this movie.

Okay, so most librarians don't look as good as our heroine and the bookshelf scene reminded me of "Robin Hood: Men in Tights", but don't let that stop you. This movie even managed to poke a little fun at itself ("that sure happens a lot around here").

Go see this movie; kick back and enjoy. I did.

In some ways, I view True Lies as a superior form of the James Bond movies; we never really saw Bond-the-man. Arnold has to live a lie every day with his wife and kids; probably a tougher job than his real work, if truth were known.

True Lies has some classic Arnold action, and while this is important to the film, it is not the sole component, as in Predator. Here we have the wife about to stray, and a daughter who steals money from his partner.

It's a difficult choice, but I think my favorite scene in the movie is when Arnold's under the truth drug. She asks if he's ever killed anybody; his reply is yes... but they were all bad. When the evil doctor comes in, Arnold tells him exactly how he's going to kill him, then reveals that he's picked the lock on his handcuffs.

Yes, you need suspension of disbelief to watch this movie, but it IS a lot of fun. And yes, Bill Paxton is good at playing slimy jerks (see him in Weird Science, if you doubt me).

Harrison Ford plays a district attourney who is still obsessed with a co-worker with whom he had an affair, which she broke off. She then is found murdered, and all the evidence points back at Ford. We don't want to think he committed this brutal murder, but do we know for sure?

There is a strong moral to this film, which should be obvious to anyone watching. Sometimes our actions have consequences that we never would have believed or intended, but does that make us any less guilty?

If you liked this film, you might want to watch Tightrope.