Twins

Plot synopsis:
Julius Benedict and Vincent Benedict are fraternal twins, the result of a secret experiment carried out at a genetics laboratory to combine the DNA of six fathers to produce the perfect child. To the surprise of the scientists, the embryo split and twins were born. The mother, Mary Ann Benedict, was told that Julius died at birth, and not told about Vincent at all. Vincent was placed in an orphanage run by nuns in Los Angeles and believes his mother abandoned him. With no one but himself to rely on, Vincent escaped from the orphanage and became an indebted, small-time crook. Julius was raised on a South Pacific island by Professor Werner, where he engages in intense physical training and extensive study. Each twin is unaware of the other's existence.
On Julius's 35th birthday, Julius discovers he has a twin brother. With Professor Werner's blessing, Julius proceeds to the United States to find his brother. Julius discovers that Vincent lives in L.A. and eventually tracks him down in jail for unpaid parking tickets.
Julius bails Vincent out, but Vincent does not believe his story and abandons him in a car park. Julius pursues Vincent to his workplace and finds him being beaten up by Morris Klane, a loan shark enforcer. Julius subdues Morris, earning Vincent's trust and respect. He later meets Vincent's girlfriend Linda Mason and enters a romantic relationship with her sister Marnie. Over dinner, Vincent shows Julius a document he stole from the orphanage that shows their mother is actually still alive, but believing that she abandoned him at birth, Vincent shows no interest in finding her. Julius tracks one of their six fathers to the address on the document. The father directs Julius to Mitchell Traven in New Mexico, the other professor who headed the experiment.
Vincent steals a late-model Cadillac Sedan de Ville for his chop shop contact and finds a prototype fuel injector in the trunk that was to be delivered to an industrialist, Beetroot McKinley, in Houston, for five million dollars. Vincent decides to pose as the delivery man and deliver the fuel injector himself so he can collect the money and pay off his debts. He reluctantly allows Julius, Linda and Marnie to accompany him to New Mexico to find professor Traven. Mr. Webster, the real delivery man, begins pursuing Vincent.
In New Mexico, Traven reveals the truth to the twins and directs them to Santa Fe, where their mother lives in an art colony. On the way to Santa Fe, the twins are accosted by the Klane brothers, but they fight them off for the last time. At the art colony in Santa Fe, a painter informs Julius and Vincent that their mother has died. They leave, unaware that the painter is in fact their mother, Mary Ann, who didn't believe their story.
Vincent bitterly heads to Houston alone to deliver the prototype to McKinley, leaving Julius and the girls behind in New Mexico for their safety. Julius chases after Vincent, and finds him seconds after the exchange with McKinley. Webster appears and kills McKinley, demanding the money from Vincent. Julius intercepts Webster in order for Vincent to escape, but Vincent returns and agrees to give Webster the money to save Julius. Webster decides to kill them anyway for seeing his face, but Vincent kills him by unloading a heavy chain onto his head and burying him. Julius and Vincent return both the prototype and $4 million (Vincent skimming $1 million), and use that along with the reward to start a consulting firm. Their publicity reaches the art colony and Mary Ann learns that her sons are alive. She violently confronts Traven for concealing the truth and tracks Julius and Vincent down to their workplace.
Sometime later, Julius and Vincent marry the Mason sisters. Both marriages produce twin children, and the couples are last seen meeting their mother and Professor Werner on an outing.

Tags: comedy, entertaining

Review:
His desire to trace his roots leads him to the big city where he soon discovers he has a "twin" brother named "Vincent" (expertly played by Danny De Vito).
Among the supporting cast you will see some familiar faces, including the legendary Nehemiah Persoff, in a very relaxed role.This fun film has a great story, lots of plot mechanisms to keep you interested, a wonderful mix of characters, a good soundtrack, plenty of laughs, and even some very touching moments.
Arnold is more obvious as the one who wants a family while Danny is just trying to get his way out of debt with the Mafia.Twins is a fun little comedy that I think anyone could enjoy.
Part of a genetic experiment and separated at birth, twins Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito meet at last some 30 years later and hilarious situations follow.
De Vito is willing to help his brother into the world and teach him the things he knows as is Arnie.Through the use of this partnership the plot is very consistently funny with more speaking humour than physical but some dancing scenes involving the pair towards the end are very humorously memorable.The idea of juxtaposing two completely figures in Schwarzenegger and De Vito was sheer movie genius.
It conveys great humour throughout and through this bizarre partnership audiences will be able to appreciate the comical ideologies put forth but the director of 'Kindergarten Cop' and 'Junior'.De Vito completely outshines the terminator who we all know can't act but some of his scenes with Kelly Preston are very funny.Though the partnership was great it was a shame De Vito and Schwarzenegger got together again for 'Junior' which was terribly unfunny and predictable throughout and this 1988 hit completely outshines it in every aspect.The use of each character's personalities makes this film what it is and is therefore a much watch for anyone who enjoys family jokes.A very relaxed comedy with chuckle-some jokes worth watching for the whole family 8.5/10.
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito.The film is about twins  whose birth was involved with a science experiment .
With two beautiful girls and a secret that could get vincent rich , they set out to find their birth mother.Also a great supporting cast with Kelly Preston and Chloe Webb as the girl twins who fall in love with Vincent and Julius and inbarge on their trip to find their mother.
Twins is one of the finest films ever made.It stars a particulary fine Schwarzenegger in his first comedy outing and he was outstanding in every scene, DeVito shines all the way through and he has many funny lines.
An extremely beautiful Kelly Preston also starred and gave extra spice to the film.The story is cute and charming, the music soundtrack was very good and Georges Delerue and Randy Edelman gives us the best tunes ever made.As comedies go Twins is my favourite because it combines a perfect cast with a charming story and great music.
Initial ingredients of this comedy seem far-fetched and desperately protracted, but the film is enthusiastically performed and laugh-out loud funny, with a good sense of family values.
Twins is one of those late 80s comedy classics with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny De Vito; directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters).
While I'm not a huge fan of De Vito, he provides a cynical realism to the film along with some of the more humorous moments.Re-united after several decades of separation, twins Julius (Schwarzenegger) and Vincent (De Vito) Benedict set out to find the woman who was the "mother" in the lab experiment that created them...and unbeknownst to Julius, Vincent wants to deliver a stolen engine to a buyer in Texas....an engine that a ruthless hit man is looking to get back by any means necessary.
However, 'Twins' proves that the right actors, meeting with the right script, can produce something that stands the test of time.The premise is simple (if only a little far-fetched) that a *ahem* 'perfect' man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) grows up on a tropical island, to discover that he actually has a long-lost twin brother back in mainland USA (Danny DeVito).
Maybe it was 'lightning in a bottle' as many other 'action heroes' have tried their hand at comedy since (including Schwarzenegger/DeVito again in the ill-fated 'Junior') and it was never half as good as this.There are few films today that can be described so genuinely as 'fun for all the family.' But, while we still have all these 'blasts from the past,' who cares?.
Plot In A Paragraph: Julius (Arnie) a physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother Vincent (Danny De Vito) a small-time crook.Last time I watched this movie, Arnie's love child had just been revealed to the world, and I felt it lost a lot of its charm due to Arnie not being so innocent.
The main movie focuses around their ages of 35 when Julius Benedict (Arnie) learns the truth about his birth and goes in search to the USA to track down his twin brother Vincent Benedict (DeVito).
"Twins" is a very funny movie, this is one of Schwarzenegger's best films.
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.
Twins is a terrific movie with a well developed and comedic storyline and a really good cast.I don't think you could have gotten anyone better than Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito to play two completely nonidentical twins.The movie is unusual for DeVito,but its one of the few comedies Schwarzenegger is in,and its probably his best,hes a very funny,stupid and energetic character in this movie,and people that think he can only play characters like the Terminator will see that he can act really well with completely different characters.I've heard rumors about a sequel called Triplets,that will star Eddie Murphy as the third twin.Ihope these rumors are true because it sounds like it would be a very funny addition to an already very different set of twins.Fans of family comedies,Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger will definitely enjoy this movie.Two long lost nonidentical twins born from an experiment meet up many years later and work together to find their mother..
"Twins" (in which he co-stars with Danny Devito) is certainly one of those light comedies, and as usual Arnold does well with it.
Schwarzenegger and DeVito play the Benedict twins (Julius and Vincent respectively.) Julius was the result of a scientific experiment to create the perfect human being.
Fascinated by the thought of having a twin brother, Julius (with no experience of the real world) sets out to find him and to bring his family together.Schwarzenegger was great in the role.
Some of the fun in the movie, of course, simply comes from the contrast between the twins - the big muscular Julius, and the short, fat Vincent.
("If you mess with me, you mess with my whole family" he says to one of the loan shark's collectors after Julius has knocked him senseless, as he defends his beloved brother.) But the relationship grows, especially as the two start to seek out the mother they believe is still alive.Supported by Chloe Webb (as Vincent's girlfriend) and Kelly Preston (as her sister who falls for Julius) this is a pretty funny movie and a fun movie to watch.
Acting wise, both leads are on top form, Danny DeVito is hilarious as the dim-witted scuzzball and Arnie is endearing and handles the comedy well as the intelligent and naive genetically-engineered brother.
Twins for me will be the better film, because while it is one-joke and occasionally tenuous in terms of story(loved the concept I will admit and on the most part it did work very well) it is very enjoyable with great lead performances in particular.
As long as you know what to expect, and really that shouldn't be too hard to do when you are getting ready to watch a movie that has Danny DeVito & Arnold Schwarzenegger as twin brothers!Julius (Arnold) & Vincent (Danny) are the result of a genetic experiment that should have realised the perfect child, instead they were born as twins, separated at birth and both went on to lead different lives.
Upon learning of having a twin brother, Julius sets off to the big city to find the brother he never knew he had, trouble is, is that Julius has no comprehension of city ways, and coupled with the fact that Vincent really isn't the brotherly kind, this only compounds the situation further.Twins is a very tidy piece, the two leads play off of each other very well, and as dumb as the plotting is, it sure as hell makes for a good fun night viewing.
Female gravitas comes in the form of the sultry Kelly Preston and the criminally undervalued Chloe Webb, but really the film's charm is all down to the little and large act of DeVito & Schwarzenegger, plenty of laughs here.
The sight gag never fails to please, the character similarities and contrasts work very well, the brothers' quest is an adequate plot, the female leads both work well (and Kelly Preston is always sufficient to bring a dead man back to life), and DeVito's character has a nice development arc, as they say: ultimately, the story is about Julius redeeming Vincent.The sentiment feels real and is never overdone.Oh yes, and it's funny, too..
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito have to struggle to keep a weak story going, but it's fun watching them work at it and that makes this movie worth seeing.I really have to question the PG rating, though.
A film like 'Twins (1988)' lives and dies depending on the chemistry of its two leads, so it's lucky that Schwarzenegger and DeVito play off one another extremely well.
You cannot compare movies, music or media entertainment in general to today's evolving technology; not even mind-blowing genuis directors out there, today.But these two actors: Danny Devito and Arnold Sch. were amazingly good in acting.
To be fair though this movie was rather funny as Arnold and Danny DeVito worked perfectly as complete opposites.
This movie is a comedy by Arnold and does not contain all that much action in it, but it still has its moments of action as they must evade a super hit-man and some guys trying to claim some money from DeVito's character.
Arnold and Devito make a great on screen pair, and the movie makes good use of the obvious physical differences comedically I think.I always remember Twins as the first movie that displayed the softer side of Arnold.
Unfortuanely, the unexpected twin brother, Vincent (Devito), is born soon after with none of the genes of his multiple fathers, as they were all used up on Arnold.The two are separated at birth from each other and their mother, who was told that they both died during labor.
Director Ivan Reitman of Ghostbusters fame reminds us that these people are related by having Schwarzenegger and De Vito play out scenes during which they mimic each others activity simultaneously; resembling perhaps a Marx brothers film or otherwise  I wonder how much funnier the takes that didn't work turned out.Twins is a film that knows its place in the pyramid and never dares to be anything bigger or smarter than what it actually is; entertainment.
This never was one of the better Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, but still I decided to revisit it because it might just happen that my memory of the movie was way off.But it turned out that it was exactly as I remembered it."Twins" strayed quite far away from the usual action movies that Arnold Schwarzenegger was known for and made famous by during the 80s and 90s.Aside from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, of course, then the movie also starred Kelly Preston and Chloe Webb, although they didn't have that big roles to play.
Devito adds a lot as well...the plot is pretty simple but its a fun movie and has a bit of fun comedy along the worry..Arnie seems like a 10 year old who cant act but in whole its good one....
TWINS is the first and best of the three Schwarzenegger comedies (the others were JUNIOR and JINGLE ALL THE WAY), thanks to a freshness of feel and some genuinely funny moments in the script.
Schwarzenegger is truly believable as the lunk-headed fish out of water who makes his way to America and discovers that his long-lost twin brother Danny DeVito is a small-time crook with plenty of trouble of his own to contend with.The film has plenty of laugh out loud moments and Schwarzenegger's goofy, idiotic charm fits well with DeVito's sharper, more cynical wit.
A physically perfect but innocent man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) goes in search of his long-lost twin brother (Danny DeVito), who is a short small-time crook.Looking back now (2015), it is interesting to think of this as the movie that made Arnold the most money.
Danny DeVito is fun as his twin and is also down on his luck a lot, he plays these parts the best in my opinion and obviously the way that one twin is massive, one twin is small makes for some fun and great circumstances.Ivan Reitman at the directing helm does a good job and for such a difficult comedy to do with such absurd circumstances, he does a fine job indeed.
Arnie fans may be left disappointed if they are expecting violence and armed gangs, he does used violence about once or twice in this but he is no Commando by any means in this film.Overall I'll give it a 6/10 because I did feel it was safely an OK- ish movie, albeit it is nowhere near being good let alone just OK but it still is entertainment and these two actors together on screen at there best and funniest.
After 35 years, Mr. Schwarzenegger heads out to Hollywood, where he'll find long-lost twin brother Danny DeVito (as Vincent Benedict).
Genetically absurd, "Twins" becomes cartoon-like violent and goes nowhere, but still continues to draw a chuckle now and then.****** Twins (12/8/88) Ivan Reitman ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb.
Twins (1988) *** (out of 4) After being told he was part of a science project, Jules (Arnold Schwarzenegger) goes looking for his twin brother Vincent (Danny DeVito) and finds that the two are quite different in appearance as well as their life styles.
Twins, the first comedy effort by Arnold Schwarzenegger Twins is the story of Vincent (Danny DeVito) and Juilus (Arnold), two twin brothers who have never met until now.
The fact that this movie is already widely regarded as a comedy classic has got very little to do with the quality of it or the story but more with the concept of having the huge and muscled Schwarzenegger as the twin brother of the short, balding and fat Danny DeVito.
But his stiff delivery actually works in his favour for this film, and he makes a great double-act with Danny DeVito.Arnie plays Julius Benedict, and is the result of a top secret government experiment to create the world's most physically and mentally enhanced human being.
When he is told he has a twin brother, Vincent, he decides to leave the seclusion of the island to find him.Vincent (Danny DeVito) had a completely different upbringing than Julius.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is AMAZING as always, and was extremely hilarious here, he looked like he was having a ball with this role, he also had amazing chemistry with Danny Devito, and Kelly Preston, and extremely likable!
Arnold (I'm not going to even try to spell his last name), plays the twin brother of Danny Devito.
Both Devito and Schwarzenegger are really good actors.Here is a film that makes someone ponder about Nurture and Love.Devito plays Vincent,a sly,"son of a gun" who thinks he can get away with everything.When he gets into trouble, Vincent finds a pair of helping hands that belong to someone he can trust.Julius(Schwartzenneger)his brother,is a person we find who became part of an experimental study at birth.They need each other, and help one another find their lost mother.Kelly Preston, plays Marnie, the girl Julius always dreamed about.It is saddening,when you see how intense and eager Vincent looks at his mom.His eyes are like a puppy searching for recognition and loving arms to hold.In finding out their mom still lived,their hopes were restored.This movie made me realize the power of Family..
Getting a younger, and more widespread audience here would ensure that more people would come to love Srnie, and he would be the greatest movie star ever.Arnie plays Julian, a twin separated at birth from his brother and mother in a dubious experiment.
This was the first of two films that brought director Ivan Reitman (Evolution), Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito together, the second being the pretty silly Junior.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, Bonnie Bartlett and Marshall Bell star in Ivan Reitman's 1988 comedy.
He learns he was separated at birth from twin brother, Vincent (DeVito) who became a womanizer & small-time crook.
I've always enjoyed this film, Arnold & Danny are great together and reunited 6 years after this in Reitman's other film, "Junior." I recommend this good comedy..
"Twins" is more than just an unlikely comedy, for the most part, the usually very successful director Ivan Reitman presents a rather silly film which audiences may find hard to swallow.Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny De Vito are the twin result of a genetic experiment.
So when they meet their mother for the first time they ask what and where their father is.Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Devito and Mary Ann Bartlett.