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The Terminator (1984) Forty years from now, the human world is in ruins, and Earth is ruled
by intelligent machines of destruction. Only one freedom fighter can
overcome the monster machines, and the cybernetic bad guys have sent
an unstoppable, unkillable, incredibly destructive humanoid robot, the
Terminator (Schwarzenegger), back in time to contemporary Los Angeles
to kill said hero's mother before he is born. Knowing only that the
victim is called Sarah Connor, the Terminator works its way through
the phone book terminating everyone with that name, while the real Sarah
Connor (Linda Hamilton), a klutzy fast food waitress, falls in with
a guerrilla (Biehn) sent by her unborn son to protect her. The
Terminator is one of the best sf / horror / action films in
years, plundering ideas from old Outer Limits episodes
and a relentless, rollercoaster pacing from Halloween.
Schwarzenegger is great as the murderous cyborg, wiping out discos full
of dancers or police stations full of cops in its single-minded search
for Sarah Connor, and gradually losing its human shape to appear as
a genuinely scary Schwarzenegger skeleton. Apart from its obvious excitement
values, the film has a nicely underplayed sense of humour and a surprising
fatalism about the fate of the human race. First Published In: City Limits no.171 (January 11-17 1985) p.23 (UK) Visit Kim's Official Website at www.johnnyalucard.com
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