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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 59176
Released: August 31, 1999 |
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| Used Price: $24.99 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape |
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Editorial Review:
We know Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't take himself too seriously--just see Twins and Jingle All the Way--but let's face it, Ah-nold is at his best when he's kicking butt and dropping cynical smart-ass quips. This set collects five of his most testosterone-driven classics: all action, all the time. The beefiest he-man to flex a bicep in Hollywood was never one for words, and he proved just what a strong, silent type could do as the tough, terse killing machine in The Terminator, the taut little low-budget sci-fi adventure that made his name. When he returned to the part in the high-gloss, effects-laden sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day, he was too much a hero to go back to villain roles, but don't expect a kinder, gentler Arnold: the doomsday battle with his high-tech, quicksilver nemesis is a nonstop barrage of car wrecks, explosions, and knock-down, drag-out pummeling. In Predator he's the flesh-and-blood prey of an alien hunter, turning the tables with good-old-fashioned human ingenuity. Total Recall finds him a Joe Average worker of the future whose destiny brings him to the revolutionary struggle on Mars and unlocks a secret planted deep in his mind--after busting a few heads. In True Lies, Arnold's third film with action movie wunderkind James Cameron, he only pretends to be Joe Average, but under homebody attitude beats the heart of a superspy: James Bond with the physique of Mr. Universe. Together these films complete a portrait of the quintessential Schwarzenegger badass: tough, terse, take no prisoners. And just a hint of a self-effacing wink. --Sean Axmaker
The Arnold Schwarzenegger Collection Reviews:
Very Nice Collection 
2004-01-26 - With the exception of True Lies, these are some of the best guy movies of all time. Not that True Lies is bad, it just lacks the incredible violence factor that is almost a necessity of a good guy movie; it trades that off for a more of a "cutesy" mass appeal. Overall, however, I think it provides a nice counterpoint to the other movies
Very Nice Collection
1999-09-04 - With the exception of True Lies, these are some of the best guy movies of all time. Not that True Lies is bad, it just lacks the incredible violence factor that is almost a necessity of a good guy movie; it trades that off for a more of a "cutesy" mass appeal. Overall, however, I think it provides a nice counterpoint to the other movies.
