"I'll Be Back", For This Masterpiece Several Times

Rating: 9/10 (3 February 2006)

Terminator is one of those unforgettable masterpieces that will always be admired for how it stunned us. How Cameron managed to create such a tense and passionate movie is, needless to say, amazing.
I'm pretty sure most of you are aware of the plot of the Terminator movies so I'll spare you those details, despite their importance. But the plot of the Terminator movies introduced here is both intriguing and interesting. The whole story is given to the audience by Micheal Beihn, who does an excellent job of fulfilling his role. Beihn also gives some excellent and memorable lines while delivering the story and gives each and every detail great seriousness. It's this effect that Beihn manages to pull off that helps the viewer get drawn in by this movie's story.
Actors Lance Heinriksen, Bill Paxton and actress Linda Hamilton also make appearances in this movie, which may very well be the movie that got their careers started. But of course I'd be a fool to talk about Terminator's performers without mentioning the T-Man himself, Arnold. I don't think anyone could play our favorite cyborg like Arnie himself did. It's Arnold's unique, robot-like voice that gives him such an authentic acting flair in this movie, especially the good shape he was in. As the Terminator himself, Arnie got the pleasure of taking the load of action scenes, but with those scenes comes guns, which we know he loves.
Hamilton has the next largest role in the movie next to Arnold and Beihn, and she's does a great job herself. Hamilton does excellent at acting as a hard-working girl early in the film and does even better as someone who has to deal with an undeniable truth. The rest of the cast let the movie flow its way but do their importance when it comes, which is something most movies avoid nowadays.
The presentation of the Terminator isn't flashy, but what else would you expect from a film from the mid 80's. The action in the Terminator is both tense and very satisfying. Add that to the near-perfect style of the rest of the movie up till the end and the Terminator is a movie that you will not be disappointed by.