A classic Sci-Fi thriller, that took Science Fiction to a bigger height

Rating: 10/10 (4 July 2003)

The Terminator is now a days a film that people judge there thrills with. After they've walked out of the theater from seing a thriller, they compare it to this one. The Terminator took the Thriller genre to an even bigger height, the Terminator to Science Fiction to a bigger height, The Terminator took cinema to a bigger height. These kind of movies started out with Alien (when I mean these kind of movies, I mean Science Fiction Thrillers, with a whole bunch of guns, not like Invasion of The Body Snatchers) went to The Thing, and then came The Terminator. The Terminator changed cinema by the stunning special effects, the tremendous plot, and story that can't get better, the creative villian that won't stop till he kills. Also in most Science Fiction films you don't have much romance, in this one you do. This also continued with a woman being the heroe in a Science Fiction film, before Alien (the movie that kind of started for woman being heroes in Science Fiction films)there wasn't a lot. The Terminator also like Alien, kept you guessing till the end, thinking is he going to get killed now, or who will get killed. Other compliments for the film are the acting, which is tremendous, Arnold Schwarzenegger makes you really fell that the villian is really bad, he makes a good job of playing a computer. Linda Hamilton is excellent because she does a great job of being scared. The writing is great, this film created a line that everybody knowes: "I'll be back," one of the most famous lines, right up there with "Bond, James Bond." If you haven't seen this film, and you love shooting, and Science Fiction, then I suggest you rent this one. Out of four stars, it's a definite ****. I'll be back.