In James Cameron’s True Lies, Art Malik plays the terrorist leader Aziz.
Aziz is the principal antagonist of True Lies, a member of the fictional terrorist organization Crimson Jihad. He plans to detonate nuclear warheads in the United States, creating the crisis that exposes the secret side of Harry Tasker’s life as a government agent.
Crimson Jihad is the organization’s name, not the leader’s personal name. Aziz is also distinct from Simon, the arms dealer involved in the film’s espionage plot. These names can be confused because the story moves between domestic comedy, covert operations, and terrorist threats.
Art Malik’s performance helps establish the film’s international espionage setting. True Lies was released in 1994 and combines action spectacle with marital comedy, adapting the premise of the French film La Totale! for an English-language audience.