The Terminator

About The Terminator

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.

James Cameron's The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction thriller film. Released in October 1984, it runs 108 minutes.

The film is filed under action hero, artificial intelligence (a.i.), good versus evil, and saving the world.

Arnold Schwarzenegger appears as Terminator, Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese, Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, and Paul Winfield as Traxler. The screenplay is by Gale Anne Hurd and James Cameron. It was produced by Hemdale and Pacific Western. In the United States it streams on AMC, AMC+, and AMC+ Amazon Channel.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and The Matrix Revolutions make useful companions to The Terminator, all filed under cyborg. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 15,397 votes and it carries a R rating.