The Terminator details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn |
| Director: | James Cameron |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Sci-fi - General, Sci-fi - Robots, Thriller - Drama |
| Studio: | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | 100 Eighties Greats, It's About Time, Our Favourites, Top Must See Movies |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Terminator |
15 Feature | |
The Terminator - Bonus Disc |
15 Bonus |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 43 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 19 Mar 2001 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Great
By a customer from Wirral, England , 20 Sep 2003[Highly rated reviewer]
The phrase ?I?ll be back,? is engrained on the world ever since Arnie?s deadpan delivery to a policeman in The Terminator. Sales in black shades rocketed and we finally realised that there was a role for a large muscle-bound actor with limited ability in the English language, other than as Conan, The Barbarian.
The Terminator was the first outing for director James Cameron, and he hit the movie world with a timeless classic. The Terminator is the story of a T-800 robot, sent from the future into the past, to eradicate the mother of the still unborn John Connor ? the man that would prove to be the undoing of the robots.
Arnie plays the emotionless robot in a way that another actor simply could not. This was inspired casting and has really everything to do with Arnie?s current superstar status.
Cameron uses suspense in this film well. Although it is an action movie, there is a strong love interest which is tackled sympathetically. Although some of the special effects show up compared to later movies in The Terminator franchise, this movie carries you along out of sheer originality.
If you enjoyed Terminator, you may also like to hire [Terminator II ? Judgement Day], and [Conan, The Barbarian].- Was this review helpful to you?
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(91)The Terminator.
By Richie77777 (250 reviews) from Essex , 14 Jan 2013THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Love Film? Love The Terminator!
By Julie-Pooly (19 reviews) , 21 May 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
On of the all-time great Sci-Fi movies, this film set new levels in the genre, followed by the equally brilliant Terminator 2 Judgement Day- it ranks alongside the very best films ever made. A cyborg killing machine sent back in time to terminate the future leader of the resistance - John Conner, while still in his youth; with only his mothers help John tries to escape the relentless pursuit of a killing machine that will stop at nothing to terminate him. Fantastic film-making from James Cameron!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Excellent Sci-fi
By souvenir86 (28 reviews) from South East Kent , 22 Mar 2012This movie has a good premise and is a great watch. Some of the 80s stuff is amusingly dated but not distracting. Arnold Schwarzenegger gives his greatest performance as a character that doesn't talk much, doesn't display any emotion and primary purpose is to destroy stuff! Also this is probably James Cameron's best movie.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Enjoyable, iconic yet flawed sci-fi romp
By Bassman71 (617 reviews) from Didsbury, England , 21 Mar 2012Man arrives from future, intent on killing woman, another man arrives from future, intent on saving woman, woman of great importance to the future, Ill be back.
Enjoyable, iconic yet flawed sci-fi James Cameron romp with Arnie in probably his most famous role and plays it brilliantly as the almost silent but deadly Terminator.
Linda Hamilton is also very good as Sarah Connor while Michael Biehn looks the part but a bit wooden with his delivery.
As youd expect, a lot of the SFX are dated especially towards the end but still good for its time, the continuity messes around quite a bit but most of the action and storyline are solid.
The music now sounds very dated also but a couple of the quieter pieces are excellent, adding greatly to the film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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classical brilliance
By cheesekake (1282 reviews) from uk , 07 Mar 2012totally classical and fantastic originality in this film, amazing special effects
if your a fan of the terminators then you soon will be as many times as you watch this film youll still love it every time- Was this review helpful to you?
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