The archetype for the action/adventure/slight-comedy

Rating: 9/10 (14 March 2004)

This movie is easily the archetype for its genre of movie: The action/adventure movie with a heavy dash of comedy stirred in. It hits nearly every note that it strives for, and the audience comes right along with it, right from the first strains of "Bad to the Bone" to the demise of the Terminators. It easily deserves its place in the Pantheon.
And looking back from 2004, I'm glad we didn't need the SPF 1,000,000 sunblock on August 29, 1997, but the overall themes of the movie still ring eerily true.
Perhaps someday an adequate sequel will be made.