The Terminator
1984 · Movie · 1h 48m · R
ActionThrillerScience Fiction
"Your future is in its hands."
Overview
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
IMDb
8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
84/100
Key crew
- James CameronDirector
- Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
- James CameronWriter
- Gale Anne HurdWriter
Cast
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerTerminator
- Michael BiehnKyle Reese
- Linda HamiltonSarah Connor
- Paul WinfieldTraxler
- Lance HenriksenVukovich
- Rick RossovichMatt
- Bess MottaGinger
- Earl BoenSilberman
- Dick MillerPawnshop Clerk
- Shawn ScheppsNancy
- Bruce M. KernerDesk Sergeant
- Franco ColumbuFuture Terminator
Stills
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Themes
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