HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: The Terminator (James Cameron 1984) Whilst it wasnt the feature film directorial debut of James Cameron (that honor goes to the cheap horror exploitation flick Piranha Part Two: The Spawning), The Terminator is the movie that put the future superstar director on the map whilst simultaneously making Arnold Schwarzenegger one of the greatest actions stars of the eighties and early nineties. The movie starts in the year 2029 as Los Angeles has been reduced to rumble after a post-apocalyptic event and mankind is ruled and hunted by all-powerful machines. From this future a Terminator (Schwarzenegger), a seemingly unstoppable cyborg, is sent back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) as she is destined to give birth to a son named John, the future leader of the human resistance against the machines. In an attempt to stop this from happening, the future John sends fellow resistance member Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) back to 1984 with a mission to protect his mother from the ruthless killing machine. After the Terminator systematically kills the first two Sarah Connors he finds in the LA phone book, the hunt is on for the last and right woman with that name. Together with Reese, Sarah, who at first has trouble believing what is happening to her, tries to stay one step ahead of the indestructible cyborg whilst falling in love with the man who is trying to save her. Made on a relatively small budget, James Cameron squeezed every dollar he had to the max and delivered a truly kinetic and at its time groundbreaking action film. A clever screenplay (co-written by Cameron based on a nightmare he had whilst in post-production on Piranha II), very effective special effects for its budget, a memorable soundtrack and plenty of nail-biting action scenes made the Terminator a surprise box-office as well as critical hit. And whilst its sequel, for which Cameron, Schwarzenegger and Hamilton all returned in 1991, was a groundbreaking film in its own right, the first Terminator is far more gritty and benefits tremendously from Schwarzenegger playing the virtually dialogue-free bad guy. Often imitated but never topped, The Terminator is a genuine classic sci-fi action film with a great central time-travel premise. The film was nominated for seven Saturn Awards by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, winning three for Best Science Fiction Film, Writing and Make-Up. Still one of Camerons and Schwarzeneggers best and the film that coined Arnies eternal one-liner: Ill be back. https://youtube/watch?v=TyZ4hA_A5kY
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:35:29 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015