The Terminator review (1984)

With Terminator Genysis coming out in a few months I thought it was about time I rewatched the other terminator films Starting with the first.

The story is that in the future the machines have taken over the world but are defeated by a leader of the human resistance called John Connor. In a last ditch attempt to reverse this they send a terminator back to the 1980s to kill his mother Sarah Connor thus him never being born. In response Connor sends one of his best men Kyle Reese to protect his mother from this terminator.

Now Arnold Schwarzenegger is known for playing the terminator but this was really along with Conan the barbarian one of his first films and he was perfect for the role. He totally got across the mechanical aspect of the terminator and he was great in the action scenes, it seems that he is one of the greatest villains ever in this film which is funny considering that I think he is the lead of the film.

Linda Hamilton is best known for her role as Sarah Connor in the second film but she was good in this film and really got across her character well and made you feel sympathetic for her character in her situation. Lt Traxler was also a pretty cool character even though he wasn't in the film allot. My one problem with this film though is the character of Kyle Reese, now I'm not sure if it was the performance or the fact that he is just there for exposition that made me dislike the character and you will not really care about his character at all throughout this film.

The story is great, James Cameron really did time travel right and in the process really created an interesting sci film universe. The plot was pretty simple but it worked and made this film exciting throughout which is hard to do in any film.

The script is great, these characters have the right amount of dialogue for them I mean the terminator doesn't say that much which is perfect and the interactions between characters were really interesting.

Now this film came out in 1984 so the style was completely different to what I expect you will see in terminator genysis but I think it was perfect for this film. All the action scenes were fantastic and keep you on the edge of your seat as the madness is carried out. Also I loved the depiction of the future as it gave you this dystopian attitude that perfectly fit this franchise.

Overall I think this is a fantastic film and one that you should definitely see.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Jo8QoOTQ4
This is the trailer for the film.

Final rating - 9/10