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Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2013)

James Cameron (writer - director) at the time was known only by the awful trash movie "Piranha II". Hollywood not even knew his name (today when confirms a movie it already causes controversy, like start doing years later Tarantino) and when "Terminator" was announced none company was very interested in producing it. And when it came out it was not only a box office success but also became critically acclaimed and till today still considered an ultimate classic film.
"The Terminator" was revolutionary for the time it came out, not only because it was made with a low budget and was extremely successful, but many at the time (and even today) consider the film only as a good action movie, but Cameron gave very more than that, the story of the film is something that had never been seen before.
Everything begins with two successive murders that occurred in Los Angeles, both murders cause controversy and polemic because both victims had the same name, "Sarah Connor". The news reaches the ears of a third Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), a beautiful and friendly waitress who begins to feel persecuted. After contacting the police from a nightclub, the Lieutenant Ed Traxler (Paul Winfield) asks Sarah to wait for a police car to go pick her up. While waiting, Sarah is surprised by a huge man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who point a gun at her, but is surprised by a shot from Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), who save Sarah's life (at least for a while). Sarah now finds herself in a frenetic chase for her life, but her mysterious savior has more secrets about Sarah that she can imagine and about the mysterious killer who proves to be a real killing machine called "Terminator 101".
Nowadays this story (or derivatives of it) is used and reused becoming boring and cliché, but it was Cameron who started it all. The film is shown from the beginning as "a day like any other", by which I mean that Cameron delivers to the film a realistic narrative to their characters since swears; stupid teens just enjoying life; everyday language with playful insults; and also pop-cultural references since the shooting at the nightclub and to Sarah's friend, Ginger Ventura (Bess Motta) that never stop listen to music. Yeah, the film feels very realistic, but not only this that was revolutionary in Cameron film, but also delivers and evolves elements of sci – fi: time travel that had only been seen in "Back to the Future " with a good mood and fun style, here it is with a somber and violent tone; an apocalyptic world that was only seen in "Planet of the apes", also through humorous and philosophical tone, here with a scary tone.
The film proceeds with a great narrative, but in management and technical aspects the film was shown really ahead of its time. Since the direction of the Cameron with terrific action scenes, also giving a frenetic and thrilling pace when the movie's chase becomes more violent and frightening. And also has an excellent visual direction from Cameron in flashbacks (or flash-ahead because we are talking about the future) in the apocalyptic future with machines reigning over us, all done with a model that served as help to Cameron later in "Titanic".
A classic that will live forever in the history of cinema, thanks to a revolutionary and unique history, a fantastic direction, exceptional performance by Schwarzenegger putting him on the map, "The Terminator" revolutionized the action genre and sci-fi mixing both in this unforgettable masterpiece (yeah, James Cameron's masterpiece)! 10/10