True 80s classic that still holds up today

Rating: 9/10 (25 September 2019)

35 years on and this remains a fantastic, relentless and terrifyingly bleak movie.
Filled with classic lines still quoted today and so many great scenes that have lost very little of their impact; the arrival in our timeline, the night club attack, the terminator self repairing, the assault on the police precinct, the scenes set in the future.
What makes this truly great when watching in hindsight though is how well it fits with its sequel, seeing Sarah Connor now and the threads for what she will become.
When Reece explains her future, in preparing John for what is to come, it gave me goosebumps knowing what is coming next in T2.
Right up there with Predator and Alien as some the most original and groundbreaking movies of all time.