Top-Notch Sci-Fi

Rating: 8/10 (3 August 2008)

This is one of the best sci-fi films, with Schwarzenegger traveling back in time to kill the mother of a future revolutionary. The plot doesn't holdup too well on scrutiny, but that's why it's called science fiction. Arnold makes one of filmdom's meanest villains and gets to utter one of his famous lines, "I'll be back." Biehn is likable as the hero and Hamilton makes a lovely damsel in distress. Cameron, working with a small budget in only his second feature film as director, keeps the action moving at a break-neck pace as the tension mounts. It gets a little silly towards the end, but is quite entertaining for the most part.