This engaging comedy may be an action-adventure, but it's also a love story between Harry Tasker Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Helen Jamie Lee Curtis. True Lies incorporates spectacular special effects along with comedy and romance, and it's a winning combination. Sidekick Tom Arnold is just smart-mouthed enough to keep Harry in line and under cover. Director James Cameron has worked with Schwarzenegger in many films, and they all have a familiar feel to them. Bill Paxton as the sleazy used car salesman is also a Cameron regular and perfect for the part. A Fox release in anamorphic widescreen, the True Lies DVD includes a Dolby 5.1 Surround audio track in English and French, as well as subtitles in English and Spanish. The sound and picture are both excellent. The biggest disappointment with this DVD is the lack of special features. The only bonus footage is the original theatrical trailer. There are no bios, documentaries, or even outtakes in this release, and the absence is especially lacking in comparison to other releases that include so much extra footage. True Lies is an excellent film, but the lack of special features is a detriment to the DVD.

Arnold Schwarzenegger blows the screen apart as Major InchDutchInch Schaefer, the commanding officer of an elite military unit sent to the Central American jungle on a rescue mission. But Dutch and his team soon have bigger problems to contend with when they realize they're being stalked by a bloodthirsty extraterrestrial hunter that uses advanced alien technology-including the ability to render himself all but invisible-to pick them off one by one. Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke also star. 107 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; theatrical trailer.