The Terminator
Directed by James CameronIn 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 Ratings & Reviews
- Eric BakkeOctober 13, 2024A pretty rad low-budget robot movie.
- Andrew Lepidas2d agoAlways great to revisit this part of my adolescence.
- Liz Nesbitt3d agoThis Is And Always Be A Classic!
- DARTH VADERJanuary 20, 2026The Terminator has a very creative, a well crafted and really well put together concept, with how the story & themes all playout throughout the coarse of the film! For example with how John Connor was produced, what the photograph of Sarah all meant and why it was specifically Kyle Reese, that came back in time to save Sarah and spoiler their unborn son, it's just brilliant how everything all ties together effortlessly and effectively. Also what I've always really loved and admired about the OG Terminator, is that it has multiple different genres all wrapped into one, such as the romance angle with Sarah & Kyle and how that slowly emerges through the movie, it also has a lot of horror elements in it, it's Sci - Fi as well obviously and it has the action genre too, it's very clever & fascinating how all of those genres all intertwine together seamlessly, just simply genius & brilliant 👏 👏 I loved the really dark tone in it, that really gives it that suspense & atmosphere! And finally while the T-1000 is the more iconic, you can't deny that the T-800 is by far the more frightening of the 2 and there's a reason why, the OG Terminator catapulted Arnies career straight into the stratosphere, because of how intense, relentless and frightening he was in that 1st film and the fact he had to make himself act like a cyborg, by loading his guns without looking and not blink at all, even when he's firing it's for me a career best performance from Arnold! The Terminator is 💯 a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ & 10/10 Masterpiece, that is endlessly rewatchable I love it so damn much.
- HarleyJune 17, 2025Guy goes back in time and bangs his best friend's mom, then immediately dies.
- 4j7dyJanuary 19, 2026Just i see it
- MetalRevenantMarch 14, 2025The violence it enacts feels surreal because, from the viewpoint of the human characters, it is stripped of ordinary motivation or morality. This marks a significant shift in cinematic depictions of violence: it is not just extreme violence, but violence driven by an entity whose sole directive is the systematic extermination of a target. That cold, unwavering purpose amplifies the sense of horror, making the Terminator’s brand of destruction feel inescapable and beyond the usual bounds of human aggression.
- Jim PickettJanuary 12, 2026Very good
- Majin CammJanuary 2, 2026Classic 🔥
- JakeysDecember 28, 2025Crazy to think for its time this was just a sci-fi horror b-movie, it even had mono sound. In that context, it's masterful. But obviously now it's rightfully lauded. The only thing is, I can't work out if Arnold's acting is a stroke of genius, or if it was crap but the movie just played to it perfectly by making him a robot. Perhaps it's elements of both, but this Terminator is very, very different from all the Terminators that came after it. The effects haven't aged anywhere near as well as T2's, but if you can look past them, this is a really tight movie and an easy five stars.
- MarcelMarch 11, 2025Wow... Super film
- Bman409December 6, 2025This is a classic, point blank period.
- Aecio LemosDecember 13, 2024One of the best science fiction movies of all time. May be a prediction of our future with AI?
- madz26November 23, 2025By far the best in the series. Proper character development.
- DdoughnutNovember 7, 2025This movie SCREAMED 1984 and I really liked it. Also, my second R rated movie I've watched, yay :)
The Terminator Trivia
The Terminator was released on October 26, 1984.
The Terminator was directed by James Cameron.
The Terminator has a runtime of 1h 47m.
The Terminator was produced by Gale Anne Hurd.
The key characters in The Terminator are Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton).
The Terminator is rated R.
The Terminator is an Action, Adventure, Thriller film.
The Terminator has an audience rating of 8.9 out of 10.