Its a period piece to me somehow

Rating: Null/10 (22 August 2009)

...the same way other films somehow seemed to sum up the hopes and fears of a particular generation. Not really much in the way of special effects, and the script is sort of basic, but it works on the level of a good SF film nonetheless. Maybe because it uses the idea of time travel. There were a number of sequels, which all seemed to add to the original idea, with the possible exception of the fourth film which creates so many complexities to that particular time travel experience the whole thing becomes incomprehensible in terms of the logic of that particular time travel time line. It ends up being I am my own grandpa type of thing. Anyway Linda Hamilton is good as the female lead in Terminator, and Arnie says, well, just about three words in the entire film. A good film to see if you are bored on a summer night. I think everybody can identify with the fear of The End Of The World given the ultra armed state of things, so in that way the film addresses that issue, albeit in a way that involves time travel and machines running amok. I think I can't really give it an eight because of its kind of cheap model special effects.