Only a few villains...

Rating: Null/10 (10 April 2002)

Only a few villains have ever struck fear into one's heart like the Terminator. Who would have thought from such a simple idea could spawn a movie that gets it *so* right. The simple mind of the machine - search and destroy - has not yet been matched in it's simplicity, and it's horror. The character of Sarah Connor provides fodder for the independant woman (later to be supported by Aliens), and we feel the pain of Kyle Reese as he realises what his fate will be in order to save Sarah and her unborn son.
Backed up by an even better sequel (such a rarity), the supreme evil of the Terminator has yet to be surpassed, and will certainly pioneer in the next twenty years as a masterpiece of its genre. This is the movie that encapsulates all our fears - and it does it brilliantly.