The early years of Arnold Schwarzenegger's film career can hardly be called successful - many factors interfered with his realization as an artist, for example, a strong German accent and huge muscle mass, because in parallel he developed as a bodybuilder. He was able to achieve heights in show business and politics (the star was the governor of California) only because of his hard work.
«Iron Arnie", As his fans know, is known primarily because of its role in Terminator. But on the account of the talented actor there are many other notable heroes whom he brilliantly embodied on the screen.
We present to you a list of the top 10 films with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role: rating of the most memorable images from all film works.
10. True Lies (1994)
When working with this action movie, James Cameron took the French comedy as a basis and turned it into an action-packed film. Schwarzenegger played the role of a man who lives a double life - in the afternoon he is a loving husband and father, an executive in a small computer company, and in the evenings he transforms into a special agent who declared war on terrorists.
But a coincidence breaks into his harmonious deception - he begins to suspect that his wife is not faithful to him and, wanting to check her, draws him into his espionage games. Real villains also do not sleep at this time.
Critics left very positive reviews for the film "True lie"- the talented mix of action dynamics and sparkling humor was to the taste of both experts and viewers.
9. The End of the World (1999)
The mystical film tells the audience about a certain bodyguard who is depressed after the death of his family. At some point, he faces a difficult dilemma - the opportunity to make a deal with the devil and return his beloved wife and child, or to act according to conscience and save an innocent human life.
Despite the fact that the original script for the film is “End of the world"Was written under Tom Cruise, Schwarzenegger perfectly performed his role. He convincingly embodied on the screen the experiences of a man who was on the edge due to loss, and looked good in battle scenes.
8. Recall All (1990)
The 1990 film (and later followed by a remake with Colin Farrell in 2012) by Paul Verhoeven is considered one of the most famous examples when the film adaptation turned out to be better than the book. The action movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger critics quickly ranked as a classic. And the element of science fiction made the plot even more interesting.
The script of the filmRemember all"Became a breakthrough of that time: an ordinary hard worker decides to participate in a pilot project, thanks to which he can live the life of another person. But soon he loses touch with reality and forgets who he is - an ordinary person or a special forces soldier who is in danger at every corner.
7. The Last Movie Hero (1993)
The comedy action movie can be considered a family film: the main character of the film is a boy who magically finds himself on the other side of the screen, in his favorite action movie with a brave and kind cop, who is played by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The young film fan becomes a full participant in those events and helps his powerful partner in everything. It becomes more difficult when the action flows into the real world, where the entire superpower is useless before the actions of real criminals.
Plot of the film "The last movie hero"Has traits of parody, but in the general action they look quite appropriate and funny.
6. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Classic storyConan the Barbarian"(The remake, again, was not so successful) was one of the first films to reveal the talent of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The young actor had a difficult task - to present on the screen a hero who should grow from a slave to a merciless warrior and defeat his blood enemy.
The actor’s powerful physique (at that time he was still actively building a bodybuilder’s career) played a cruel joke with him - there was no suitable understudy, and he had to perform all the tricks on his own. This only added to the tape of credibility and realism.
5. Predator (1987)
In this action movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger for the first time decided to move away from the standard movie hero with muscles to the image of a fantastic soldier. The plot is built as a completely classic film - a group of privates is thrown into the unexplored jungle. Then the soldiers begin to die one by one, and while the soldiers are looking for enemies in which to defuse their weapons, it turns out that they had to face an alien monster.
It is from the movie "Predator"The whole universe of film franchise will begin, and the game of a famous actor has become one of the reasons for the audience’s love for this tape.
4. The running man (1987)
The anti-utopian film is dedicated to the near future, where the sadistic show is led, according to which people must perform monstrous actions. Schwarzenegger’s police officer, for example, needs to shoot an unarmed crowd of people.
Teaming up with other comrades in misfortune, the hero decides to violate the established order of things and call the organizers of the project to account.
Tape "running Man"Raises complex issues of the influence of the media on the minds of people, and the Hollywood star played his role brilliantly.
3. Commando (1984)
One of the “oldest” films in our selection to this day looks surprisingly fresh. It was in this tape that the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger was fixed, which was then exploited in many other subjects - a muscular hero who was ready to make sacrifices not only for the sake of his family, but also for people unfamiliar to him.
Here, the actor plays a former soldier whose daughter is abducted one day. Moreover, he knows the criminal well - he turns out to be an ordinary soldier who previously served with him.
The classic movie "Commando"Spawned many remakes in different countries of the world, even in Russia. Now they are discussing a possible restart of the story in Hollywood.
2. The Terminator (1984)
James Cameron managed to put together the sci-fi component and the action movie of the action movie so skillfully that the film “Terminator"Became a cult for many generations to come.
The uprising of cars, which is still feared to this day, was embodied on the screen more than 30 years ago - an ordinary soldier had to save humanity by fighting a cyborg from the future. The task of the robot is simple - he needs to kill a girl whose son, in many years, will lead humanity to war and defeat machines and mechanisms.
It is curious that this time the typical role of the hero was not played by Arnold Schwarzenegger - he became that very cyborg and played it so convincingly that the word “terminator” became a household word, the film received many sequels, and the phrase “I’ll be back ”(“ I'll be back ”) - turned out to be winged.
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
It was the second part of the Terminator story that was called the best of all by critics - this is understandable when counting the awards that the film won: the Oscars alone received 4 ribbon!
This time, Schwarzenegger turned from an antagonist into a defender of people - he was reprogrammed in such a way that he no longer wanted to kill humanity. But a new cyborg has come to replace it, and it is precisely the Terminator that can stop it.
Film "Terminator 2: Doomsday"Was a breakthrough in the film industry from a technical point of view - many of the innovative techniques are used now.