The Terminator

1984 · 108 min · EN · R · 7.7 (15,301 votes)

Dir. James Cameron · Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich · Music Brad Fiedel · The Terminator Collection

“Your future is in its hands.”

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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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This is a relentless, pulse-pounding chase through a gritty, neon-drenched urban landscape. It's a primal scream of survival against an unstoppable force, imbued with a palpable sense of dread and a surprisingly human core amidst the mechanical terror. The tension is constant, the stakes impossibly high.

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