The Terminator Distinguises From Most of Action/Sci-Fi Movies With Its Original and Incredible Story

Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2015)

The Terminator is considered a breakthrough among the movies of its gender and it's undeniable that James Cameron has changed how the action movies were made with this film. The apprehension, the awareness as the terminator is getting closer to his objective, is really exciting and as the movie goes on, it only gets better. The visual effects, particularly the makeup used in Arnold Schwarzenegger to reveal some parts of the robotic skeleton beneath the human-tissue, are surprisingly good. The CGI, even being from the 80's so you can rapidly notice when the chroma key is being used, are fine and work very fine to me.
Arnold Schwarzenegger as the terminator was really good, his gestures interpreting a robot managed to portray something without feelings through the lack of changes in facial expression regardless of what is happening, who has a single purpose and will not stop until achieve it. One of his iconic lines is firstly said in this movie. Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn succeeded in making a remarkable performance that until now they have influence in the others who portray these characters in more recent movies. One aspect to be noticed is the stalking feeling, fear and powerlessness which Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) feel around them, having an almost indestructible creature looking for them.