![]() ![]() Barbaro definitely has star quality, but the material here does her no favors. Yes, he looks good for 75, but he’s still 75 he was never exactly light on his feet, but now he lumbers around like Frankenstein while he easily pummels trained soldiers who are one-third his age.įUBAR also wants us to care about the state of Luke and Emma’s father-daughter bond, but the emotional beats are hopelessly clumsy, and not one relationship feels real or rings true. The action isn’t bad, but the CGI is shockingly cheap, and any sense of earthbound physics is completely thrown out the window - especially when it comes to Arnold’s fighting abilities. (The scripts still try to shove in lots of jokes, though.) Each episode delivers a high-stakes action set piece, with Luke and Emma employing lots of cool secret agent gadgets that would make James Bond jealous. The action scenes actually come as a relief, then, because at least less people are talking during them. (Luke’s quippy young CIA colleagues, played by Fortune Feimster and Travis Van Winkle, toss out so many punchlines that don’t land, they’re just about insufferable.) FUBAR even gives Arnold a new catchphrase, “That’s it, and that’s all” - but that one’s not exactly going in the hall of fame next to “I’ll be back” and “Hasta la vista, baby,” is it? Series creator Nick Santora ( Scorpion) tries to keep things light, but the comedic banter here is annoying and relentless, with groan-worthy jokes about Viagra, vibrators and, um, cuckolding. But he gets sent out one last time to rescue a rogue operative - and hey, the operative is his daughter Emma! They’re both upset that the other one has been keeping their CIA job a secret this whole time, but they have to put their differences aside to track down an arms dealer named Boro (Gabriel Luna) who’s dangerously close to developing a suitcase nuke.Īrnold wasn’t kidding when he compared this to True Lies, since it’s nearly the exact same plot, except with a daughter instead of a wife. He plays Luke Brunner, a seasoned CIA operative who’s on the verge of retiring and eager to reconnect with his goody two-shoes daughter Emma, played by Top Gun: Maverick‘s Monica Barbaro. Netflix begins streaming FUBAR on May 25.Taylor Swift’s Heartstopper Connection Revealed at LastįUBAR knows where its bread is buttered: It wastes no time in giving us a shot of Schwarzenegger walking away from a fire in slow-motion and driving a sports car real fast while the Rolling Stones play in the background. The series is executive produced by Schwarzenegger, Adam Higgs, Scott Sullivan and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost. The eight-episode series also co-stars Jay Baruchel, Fortune Feimster, Milan Carter, Travis Van Winkle, Gabriel Luna, Andy Buckley, Aparna Brielle, Barbara Eve Harris and Fabiana Udenio. Schwarzenegger also announced this week his upcoming self-help book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life, which will be published Oct. It’s been a joy to work with Nick, Skydance and Netflix to give my fans exactly what they’ve been waiting for.” “ FUBAR will kick your ass and make you laugh - and not just for two hours. Well, here it is,” Schwarzenegger said in a statement. ![]() “Everywhere I go, people ask me when I’m going to do another big action comedy like True Lies. The series co-stars Barbaro, coming off Top Gun: Maverick in a performance that displays myriad action-drama-comedy talents, as she goes toe-to-toe with the 76-year-old icon (she was also famously one of only a few actors who managed not to throw up during Maverick’s intense flight training exercises). ![]()
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