I had totally forgotten how great this one is!

Rating: 9/10 (4 December 2007)

It has to been about 7 years or so, when I was around 15 years old I saw this the last time. What I remember thinking was "this is good, but the sequel is definitely better". Well, spank me. It's not that I for sure can tell which of these is the best, but Cameron has that strange gift to make a sequel that switch genre, but still keeping the top quality. If Judgment day is a Punch-In-The-Face-Action Flick, then The Terminator is a chilling classic thriller with some great, but never over the top action scenes.
The development of Sarah feels believable, even though it all only occurs during one night. It 's like the same transformation Luke Skywalker goes through, but packed into 1h 50m without feeling rushed. Impressive screen writing. Kyle is also a great character, even though he doesn't change during the story. His function is to save Sarah, while trying to convince her about what he knows.
The acting is great to, this is exactly how far Arnie can act without exposing his non existing talent. What's strange is that this movie didn't rocket lauch Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn's careers. I know Hamilton did the popular "Beuty and the beast" show, and Biehn kept getting work from Cameron, but I mean Big Time Superstars. I see Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt potential when I see this film...
To everyone who saw this in their teen and liked Judgement day more, just give it a chance again, it should be worth it. If it isn't we just have to disagree on this one.