The Terminator
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“Come with me if you want to live”
Overview
A cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent by the artificial intelligence Skynet from the grim war-torn future of 2029 (not long now) back to 1984 Los Angeles. Its target: Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose future son will turn the tide of the war against the machines and save humanity from the extinction. Pursuing the murderous android is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), a soldier of the human resistance tasked with protecting Sarah at all costs.
Why You Should See This Film
Deservedly a classic of ‘80s genre cinema, James Cameron’s original time travelling techno-slasher holds up tremendously to this day with riveting action, gnarly special effects and a pervasive atmosphere of dread – in a survival sense as the unstoppable, unfeeling hunter closes in but also on an existential level as fate seems to dictate the way forward toward a doomed future. As much as we love Cameron’s rollicking sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, this first entry into the now bloated franchise remains as tight-nit and terrifying as ever.
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