James Cameron's Imagination Runs Wild Here

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2000)

"The Terminator" is from James Cameron and deals with a cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who has been sent from the future to kill the unborn child of a young woman (Linda Hamilton). This child will grow up to become the leader of an alliance of humans to fight off the terminators. Even though this sounds really complicated, the film is never confusing or disjointed. Cameron's direction and screenplay carry this film. Schwarzenegger became the celebrity he is now because of this role. Overall a great film, but the special effects of the movie industry in 1984 keep this film from being as good as it should have been. 4 out of 5 stars.