Bill Paxton Movie:

		List Price: $29.98		Label: 20th Century Fox Salesrank: 144628 Released: June 27, 2006
		Our Price: $39.74
		Used Price: $20.99
		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Disk 1: MR & MRS SMITH Disk 2: TRUE LIES

Mr. & Mrs. Smith / True Lies Reviews:
True Lies is great / Mr. & Mrs. Smith is crap
2007-12-12 - I thought Mr. & Mrs. Smith was a lousy attempt to "remake" True Lies. Mr. & Mrs. Smith is so horrible. For a movie that was supposed to springboard the entire "Bragelina" fad, it really was a lame duck. These two had no chemistry together and there weren't any real steamy love/sex scenes between "Bragelina". I guess they had to cut "romance" out to give it a PG-13 rating, but wasn't that the big draw to see this movie, the steamy chemistry? However, this movie had no problem killing and blowing things up in order to attain its PG-13 rating. I realize it was an action movie, but some of the scenes/stunts were ridiculous and so fake looking. The action scene with the mini-van is a perfect example of what I am talking about. Mr. & Mrs. Smith was also a very long two hours that seemed like it didn't know where it wanted to go. Avoid if you don't want to waste 120 minutes of your life.

As for True Lies, this movie was well done for an action film. A solid Arnold movie and provided some great action, humor and was able to still be fun. I thought it was a great "summer blockbuster" when it came out. In other words, it knew it was an action movie and didn't try to be anything else, and today it is still a pretty solid action movie. There is a great cast in True Lies; featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger (of course), Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold (who is really funny in this movie), Bill Paxton (who I normally don't like but was funny in this movie) Tia Carrere, Charlton Heston, Art Malik and a young Eliza Dushku. In addition, True Lies is able to perform the action movie justice with an R rating. I am just saying.

Since Mr. & Mrs. Smith is bad carbon copy of True Lies, I would just watch latter. Honestly, Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a total rip off of True Lies and it is executed poorly. (There are some "stolen" ideas in the realm of cinema that can work, for instance "Mac & Me" stealing from "E.T.", well....uh maybe that was a bad example.) It just didn't happen with the "Bragelina" machine. Further food for thought; has either one of these two really made a great film or major blockbuster since this drivel?

Consequently, the mind boggles to why the put both of these movies as a double feature. I suppose so a viewer can watch them in juxtaposition and see how the Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a poverty-stricken attempt to recapture and/or cash in on the magic of True Lies.

Great flicks but...
2006-08-13 - If you buy them seperately right now, it's $25.98--so why would you pay 29.98 for the 2-pack?