the perfect action flick!

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2013)

Possibly James Cameron's best film (only T2 comes close!), and also responsible for launching the A list career of Arnold Schwarzenegger....as a pure action film this is simply perfection!
Superbly paced, lean and mean, relying on a terse script and superbly edited action scenes to up the tension as opposed to special effects- though effective, due to the budget they were very sparingly used (when was the last time you could say THAT about a Jim Cameron movie??). Also, for the first and last time we get to see Arnie playing bad- REALLY bad!- and although I love the humour of his "good" terminator in number 2, and even 3....there's something uniquely chilling about him as the villain.
It's hard to believe this film is nearly 30 years old- it knocks 95% of modern action films out of the park (someone tell me with a straight face they prefer The Expendables lol), and aside from the occasional inevitable dodgy special effect- the eye scene springs to mind- it has aged amazingly well. Simply brilliant!