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?
Cast of The Terminator
The Terminator Ratings & Reviews
- Eric BakkeOctober 13, 2024A pretty rad low-budget robot movie.
- 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.
- MarcelMarch 11, 2025Wow... Super film
- Leonard MoscaApril 5, 2025The first two Terminator movies are the best part 1 and part 2 can't go wrong with both of them and it should have ended there
- Aecio LemosDecember 13, 2024One of the best science fiction movies of all time. May be a prediction of our future with AI?
- Harley3d agoGuy goes back in time and bangs his best friend's mom, then immediately dies.
- Ben Young5d agowhen i wanna watch this movie again "I'll be back"
- Tubeman72May 6, 2025A classic sci-fi action spectacle that marked the big breakthrough for director James Cameron and lead actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film was a major success and spawned two sequels. This is unmistakably Schwarzenegger’s film. Since then, he has mostly played the hero throughout his career, but here he is an extremely effective villain. His cold demeanor and, of course, his massively pumped-up physique are perfect for the killing machine. Whether he would actually be a good infiltration unit, as the film claims, is debatable. Even when silent, Schwarzenegger stands out in a crowd, and once he starts talking, he certainly doesn’t sound like your average American. Luckily, he doesn’t have much dialogue, but he does deliver the now-iconic line “I’ll be back,” which has since become immortal. Written by Cameron and producer Gale Ann Hurd—who would marry a year later—‘The Terminator’ is fast-paced, features likable characters (except for the cyborg, of course), and offers plenty of action. The special effects by Stan Winston were groundbreaking at the time, and although some elements (notably the scene where the Terminator removes one of his eyes) haven’t entirely stood the test of time, the visuals still hold up quite well. The endoskeleton beneath the Terminator’s somewhat human appearance looks even more menacing. Still, it’s clear that the film was made in the 1980s. This is most evident from Sarah Connor’s (Hamilton) hair, which definitely qualifies as “big hair,” and from the archetypal disco scene in “Club Noir.” Hamilton gives a decent performance as the timid Sarah, whose bad day as a waitress only keeps getting worse. As the film progresses, she gradually shows more spirit, but she would have been eliminated almost immediately had she not been helped by the tough Kyle Reese (Biehn, a Cameron favorite). Reese is sent back by the resistance to protect Sarah from the Terminator, and he goes on the run with her in an attempt to stay ahead of the unstoppable cyborg. Earlier that day, two other women named “Sarah Connor” had already been shot dead by the Terminator in Los Angeles, and two detectives are now searching for the third woman with that name. The detectives are adequately portrayed by Winfield and Henriksen. They come across like an old married couple, so well are they attuned to each other, and it seems like they’ve worked together for years. In a tiny cameo as a punk, Bill Paxton also makes an appearance—he would go on to collaborate with Cameron in several more films. ‘The Terminator’ is a must-have for any DVD collection and a textbook example of how a well-crafted action movie should be made.
- RicardoJune 2, 2025The movie is a little dark and sometimes feels like a horror film, because the Terminator keeps coming after Sarah no matter what. But it is also about hope, because Sarah learns to be brave and fight back. The special effects are good, especially for an old movie, and the music makes it even more exciting.
- 匚卂尺ㄥJanuary 26, 2025"I'll be back" Avengers Endgame didn't got. Here we can get to know that how interesting and great movie it is. Of course this is all because of Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron. Wonderful story it is. In this film we can get an idea that in future maybe robots/ computers can become more intelligent than us and they can rule over us. Acting of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role of a villain was hilarious and the famous dialogue of him which is used in every Terminator film 'I'll be back' which was first used in this film in the police station scene, other than that the arrival scene of T-800 and Ke Reese was awesome and the theme music is epic also with the climax scene in which Schwarzenegger dies in his original T-800 form.
- Mateo RodeloApril 1, 2025Bruh bad movie
- parktool69December 1, 2024thoght this guy was a governer, now hes a robot,, what has this country come too
