The Terminator (1984)

Name: The Terminator
Released: 1984
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen

• Movies, Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

• 108 min

7.6

Your future is in its hands.

Directed by: James Cameron
Casting: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich, Bess Motta, Earl Boen, Dick Miller, Shawn Schepps, Bruce M. Kerner, Franco Columbu, Bill Paxton, Brad Rearden, Brian Thompson, William Wisher, Ken Fritz, Tom Oberhaus, Ed Dogans, Joe Farago, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Tony Mirelez, Philip Gordon, Anthony Trujillo, Stan Yale, Al Kahn, Leslie Morris, Hugh Farrington, Harriet Medin, Loree Frazier, James Ralston, Norman Friedman, Barbara Powers, Wayne Stone, David Michels, John E. Bristol, Webster Williams, Patrick Pinney, Bill W. Richmond, Chino 'Fats' Williams, Greg Robbins, Marianne Muellerleile, John Durban, Marian Green, J. Randolph Harrison, David Kristin, Darrell Mapson, John Stuart West
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Premiere: 1984-10-26
Status: Released

Tags: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), saving the world, laser gun, cyborg, killer robot, shotgun, rebel, dystopia, villain, time travel, los angeles, california, urban setting, future war, savior, tech noir, time paradox, action hero, griffith observatory, good versus evil, antagonistic, powerful

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?