A timeless action classic

Rating: 8/10 (2 November 2014)

A few dodgy f/x shots and some questionable mid-80s dance music aside, James Cameron's 30 year old 'The Terminator' holds up and then some. Like its title character, this movie is just relentless, always charging straight ahead and only pausing long enough for some well executed character development before setting off again.
The cast is so uniformly perfect that you can't even imagine anyone else in their roles. It was a star making turn for Arnold, and deservedly so, but Linda Hamilton, and particularly Michael Biehn, are also fantastic.
We all know that the entire premise--clever as it is, and as well as it's executed--doesn't hold up to much intellectual scrutiny, but in a movie populated by cyborgs and such, I'm willing to give in and just enjoy.