The Terminator

Name: The Terminator
Director: James Cameron
Genre: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 1984

James Cameron • 108 min • 1984

ActionThrillerScience Fiction

“Your future is in its hands.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich

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Synopsis

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?