Review of Twins

Twins (1988)
7/10
Funny mismatched twins.
16 December 2015
This is a somewhat funny Arnold Schwarzenegger movie where he stars as Julius Benedict, who goes out to find his long-lost twin brother Vincent (Danny DeVito). Julius is the intelligent and athletic twin, a product of a scientific experiment, while Vincent turned out to be a forgotten, short low-life, who is on the run from loan sharks.

Schwarzenegger and DeVito were funny as the the mismatched brothers, great in chemistry and is sure to send some laughs your way. Schwarzenegger sheds his tough-guy image you used to seeing in his action movies, since he wants to be sensitive to the plight in wanting to reunite with his brother and ultimately find their birth mother. But, you still see his strong, physical self at work as he throws a bunch of bad guys around.

DeVito's characters can be excruciatingly annoying at times, but he does have some redeeming qualities in the latter half of the movie. The plot is slow at times, but does pick up steam in the second half. Acting was OK for the most part and you get some nice action-packed scenes. Pretty entertaining.

Grade B-
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