Scott D. Pierce: “It’s not a bad show, but it’s not as good as the 1994 original.”
Also this week: ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Survivor’ return, and Tan France headlines ‘Beauty and the Bleach.’| Feb. 26, 2023, 3:04 p.m.TV has been turning movies into television series almost as long as television has existed. And some of those adaptations have been really good.
That does not appear to be the case with the new CBS action/comedy “True Lies.” It’s not a bad show, but it’s not as good as the 1994 original.Anyway … James Cameron directed; Arnold Schwarzenegger starred as Harry Tasker, a seemingly nerdy computer salesman who was secretly a spy; and Jamie Lee Curtis starred as his wife, Helen, who doesn’t know that Harry is a spy. But, in the course of the film, Helen not only finds out, but gets dragged into Harry’s efforts to stop a terrorist plot.
The somewhat awkward juxtaposition of comedy and terrorism remains a bit of a problem with the new “True Lies” TV series, which premieres Wednesday at 9 p.m. on CBS/Channel 2. “True Lies” worked as a movie because Curtis and Schwarzenegger were so good together. Chemistry can’t be forced and, at least in the four episodes screened for critics, Howey and Gonzaga don’t have it. They’re fine, but the TV series is missing the spark the movie had. It’s fun. The stunts and action are good. It’s occasionally amusing.
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