The Story Always Seemed so Familiar-A Guilty Pleasure!

Rating: 9/10 (1 October 2017)

Somewhat plagiarized and cliché. Another monster-chase movie with a science fiction twist. The scenes from the near-future are understated yet effective. It's kind of low budget as there are only a handful of "extras" and a few killer machines shown at a time. The matte paintings seem very "static". Almost non-stop action for most-of-the-time and Arnold has the time-of-his-life annihilating everything in sight, except the right Sarah Connor and her real big dog. Young Arnold is in incredible physical shape. Warning: "cheeky" male nudity and one female topless shot during obligatory "copulation". Overly bloody and violent? Sure. Do all "action" movies have to have an exploding gasoline tanker? (yes) I have always considered this to be the "prequel" for Terminator 2, which I like far better. It's a real "Ying and Yang". Here Mr. Muscles is too mean and in #2 he's a bit too nice. I have yet to see all the sequels that follow, as I suspect it's like "Star Wars" with it's many unoriginal and similar story-lines? Stan Winston Studios crafted a great Terminator "puppet" and the slight amount of stop-motion animation does not deter the overall effect. The surgical scenes always left me a little queasy, but are very well done. Please pass the popcorn!