I married Rambo.

In this episode, Luke, Westy, and Matt tell the fascinating story behind James Cameron’s 1994 action-comedy True Lies. This deep dive into the blockbuster explores how Cameron reunited with Arnold Schwarzenegger to answer cinema’s most important question: what if James Bond had to explain his job to his wife? The answer, apparently, involved $100 million and a Harrier jet attacking the Florida Keys.

Our deep dive covers the film’s journey from La Totale!, a modest French comedy, to Hollywood’s most expensive production at the time. We examine Jamie Lee Curtis’s career-defining transformation (and that dance scene), Arnold’s surprisingly deft comedy timing, and Bill Paxton’s second-act heroics as the sleaziest used car salesman in cinema history. Cameron’s obsession with practical effects meant real explosions, real jets, and a stunt team with presumably excellent health insurance.

From behind-the-scenes stories about Cameron’s exacting standards to the creative decisions that balanced genuine tension with domestic farce, this episode delivers the thoroughly researched film analysis that makes All The Right Movies the movie podcast for film fans everywhere. Whether you’re here for the action spectacle, the surprisingly sharp marriage comedy, or simply to find out how many times someone nearly died filming the bridge sequence, this episode offers insights you won’t find anywhere else.

Listen to the full episode above, or find All The Right Movies wherever you get your podcasts. Please subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.