when arnie was great

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2003)

i saw this when i was about 9 years old. It was the film which you tell your friends you've seen, so they would think you were cool.
Complex plotting and some stellar action sequences make this a classic of the sci-fi genre. And no matter how cheap the effect look today, it still carries the same effect it did all those years ago. Although these days, seeing a character gun down cops by the dozen, isn't as shocking as i'm sure it would've been when this movie came out to the public. It shocks in more ways too, probably seen as a very daring film in it's day.
Arnie does his best when he doesn't have to speak so much. Very cool in his black leather jacket, riding his motorcycle, he is as menacing as they come. Linda hamilton plays the helpless victim well and michael biehn fits the role of the hero comfortably. Dialogue may not be great, but the story is intact and tight enough to get the tension buzzing. Which it does superbly. Great film, strangely becomes cooler with age.