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The 80's had a unique culture of it's own. While many decided to dish out the permy-hairs and leather clothing in many high-school movies, some went violent and dark, bringing some of the most beloved action movies of all time. The Terminator lies somewhere in-between. It mixes the permy-hairstyle, the leather-clothing, nail-biting scenes and extreme graphic violence and brings us the most classic action movie of all time with an intricate storyline and a unique household name.
After the disappointing results of Piranha 2: The Spawning, director James Cameron took upon him to direct The Terminator, earning him the title "Mr. Heartless" along the way. Never has a film so closely followed the rules in the action book: Full brutal, no remorse, violent, nail-biting scenes and a beautiful theme song. It was also quite-unique because amist all the chaos, the bloodshed, there was a love storyline between Reese & Connor and that gave a more human touch to the movie or otherwise it would've been just one-sided! To the modern eye the effects are kinda kinky and glitchy but remember, it was the 80's and no CGI. Speaking of effects, we gotta thank Stan Winston for making an icon out of the titular character. Stan Winston is a legend among movie-goers and one cannot fail to see why. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have played The Terminator in it's human form, which would go on to become his most closely-related role, but it's actually the frozen-smiled endoskeleton that we see in the end is actually more iconic. A fantastically-terrifying job on that one.
On the other hand we have Linda Hamilton as the iconic Sarah Connor and would go on to reprise the role in the sequel. Accompanying her from the future is Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese. This is one of the three films he appears directed by James Cameron that he dies (the other two are Aliens & The Abyss). Boy, Cameron must've hated this guy LOL! Joke! Anyways, James Cameron, always the big thinker, has created immortal icons out of this movie and really gave something for the masses!
A true classic that requires a revisit!
9/10
