Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield

Director: James Cameron

Summary: A ruthless cyborg travels to present-day Earth on a strange mission. He must kill a woman whose unborn child is destined to become a powerful enemy of the world's future leaders.

James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR is one of the tightest, tensest sci-fi films ever made and a landmark in the genre. In the year 2029, battles rage between the superintelligent machines that rule the world and the last vestiges of humanity. In late-20th-century Los Angeles, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) suddenly finds herself stalked by an unstoppable killing machine--a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sent from the future to kill her and her unconceived son, John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance. Sarah can rely only on Reese (Michael Biehn), a soldier sent from the future to protect her from the seemingly indestructible Terminator and save humanity. This low-budget masterpiece was the breakthrough film for director Cameron, who weds special effects, thrills, and understated romance to create one of the finest action films of the 1980s, which spawned many imitations but few equals. Science fiction author Harlan Ellison sued over the film's similarities to his own works, especially the OUTER LIMITS episode 'Demon with a Glass Hand', and won acknowledgement in the film's credits. Schwarzenegger will forever be known as the relentless Terminator, a heartless killing machine who returns (in a kinder, gentler form) in 1991's TERMINATOR 2 - JUDGMENT DAY.

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The Terminator was the film that cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger's place in the action-brawn firmament, and both his and the movie's subsequent iconic status are well deserved. He's chilling as the futuristic cyborg that kills without fear, without love, without mercy. James Cameron's story and direction are pared to the bone and are all the more chillingly effective for it. But don't overlook the contribution of Linda Hamilton, who more than holds her own as the Terminator's would-be victim, Sarah Connor, thus creating--along with Sigourney Weaver in Alien--a new generation of rugged, clear-thinking female action stars. The film's minimalist, malevolent violence is actually scarier than that of its far more expensive, more effects-laden sequel. --Anne Hurley, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Unstoppable Force - The Legacy Of The Terminator, The Terminator - Closer To The Real Thing, The Terminator - A Retrospective, Deleted Omitted Scenes Commentary, Other Voices Commentary, Still Image Gallery, Screenplay Drafts, TV Spots, Teaser, Trailers
Year:	1984
Release Date:	March 5, 2007
Runtime:	103 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	1591701054
Keywords:	Action, English, Edition, Terminator, Adventure, Definitive
Genre:	Action/Adventure