As much as I love T2, for me Terminator was a little better!

Rating: 9/10 (26 November 2012)

Like the title to this review said, I have vastly enjoyed both 'Terminator' and 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day'. Despite T2 being regarded Cameron's best film and the best of the series I personally enjoyed 'Terminator' a little more. I really loved the simplistic story, the acting was amazing and seeing our beloved Arnold Schwarzenneger play the bag guy, cyborg, was completely badass and awesome. Arnie was more enjoyable in the original because he seemed terrifying. The scenes where he gets shot, but just rises up were breathtaking.
The acting, the dialogue and story were brilliant. One issue with the film, and the only I find, is the special effects in some scenes such as the cyborg's mask. It was obviously fake but it doesn't strike me that hard. In fact, by the end of the movie I can completely forget about the bad FX in that scene. The action was brilliant, the direction and pacing were flawless and like I said before, Arnie playing a BAMF is a little cooler than him playing a protector.
Absolutely legendary film, and extremely underrated!