The Terminator

1984 "Your future is in its hands."
8.1| 1h48m| R| en| More Info
Released: 26 October 1984 Released
Producted By: Pacific Western
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/theterminator
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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?

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James Cameron

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The Terminator Audience Reviews

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
George Taylor Before James Cameron's ego ran rampant, this was one of the great films (the other being Aliens) that he made. A simple story of time travel, with a soldier and a killing machine from the future, coming back to accomplish disparate tasks: the soldier to save, the machine to kill, the mother of the futures savior. A brilliant film, sparse and quick, it keeps the viewer glued to the screen and again, in the pre CGI days, the limited amount of effects are simply amazing. The movie that set Arnold on his career path, and made Cameron one to be noticed. Just great.
NikkoFranco When you are barely seventeen and see this for the first time in an era without much tech as now, this film sealed my deal in being a lifelong Schwarzenegger fan. When a story is so original, you do not understand entirely what is going on, you can not blink and left in awe trying to grasp what this machine man robot means . The 80s is captured for eternal here, the big hairs, seedy discotheques, synthesizer and more. As this film is going at such fast rate throughout, one was wondering why the need to kill all Sarah Connor, thus only when Michael Biehn , savior of Sarah played by the unassuming Linda Hamilton came into play was it clearer. The effects , those days standards, were so good, a lot of people were screaming at the theatre thinking that the Terminator gets out of the screen onto us. Arnold Schwarzenegger is convincing and I can not imagine what happened if Dolph Lundgren got the role instead as it was rumored that he was offered the role as well. From the T1000 franchise, this is the story and special effects pacesetter of many action films to come.
hoperain-388-280369 It's made in 1984 and has incredible effect and so much powerful imagination.
invisibleunicornninja This movie is a solid action movie. Not all of the dialogue is great and some of the effects are a bit dated - but this movie is still effective. The acting is great. The plot is great. This movie is well-shot and worth watching. I can't really come up with many things that are bad about it that don't have to do with it being old. This is just a fun movie with good action, time travel, and robots. I'd definitely recommend this movie. Its worth watching if you're looking for a good time.