The Terminator

The Terminator
7.6

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Directed by: James Cameron

Overview

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

The Terminator
The Terminator
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The Terminator
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The Terminator

Reviews (8)

  • John Chard (Rated: 9)

    I can't. Nobody goes home. Nobody else comes through. It's just him - and me.

    It's funny really, writing a review for The Terminator these days just feels a little pointless, I mean anyone who wanted to see it would have done so already. In truth the effects work is a little creaky now but that d...

  • Jodie (Rated: 10)

    Writing a review for a movie this old does indeed seem pointless, but since this is one of my favorite films I thought I would review it anyway.

    In my opinion The Terminator is a beautiful, yet tragic love story set in the back drop of the future and the past. A soldier from the future is sent t...

  • Gimly (Rated: 9)

    I know saying this puts me in the minority, but the first Terminator movie is actually my favourite of the franchise. That's not a knock on the second movie, Judgment Day is awesome. But I really dig the lower down, dark, sci-fi horror vibe of the original (it is a knock on every movie i...

  • Kamurai (Rated: 6)

    Good watch, might watch again, and can recommend.

    I have no idea what just happened, I just watched the 2020 version, and it doesn't even look better, and there doesn't seem be a lot of info on the situation.

    It has decent practical effects, it's a got plenty of action in a machine chasing a w...

  • GenerationofSwine (Rated: 10)

    Here we go, the movie that started it all and wasn't Arnold believable as a robot? He came across as threatening and creepy as all get out, and the thick accent really played for the role.

    And then, of course, the plot was so unbelievable that it sucked everyone right in, from the start you suspe...

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