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The Terminator

The Terminator

1984 · Movie · 1h 48m · R

Second of the six films in The Terminator series by score. Terminator 2: Judgment Day leads at 84. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.

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Synopsis

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?

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb8.1/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes90%21%
Metacritic84/10021%
TMDB7.7/1015,405 votes16%
Balasaur Score83100%

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