The Terminator (DVD) Reviews

FILM ONLY REVIEW The world is a different place in the year 2029, cyborg's and robots have taken over and thanks to Skynet who developed them they have killed out nearly all humans. The cyborg's are very human like and have real skin and hair making them hard to detect, they are known as Terminators. One in particular is sent ...  Read the complete review

The Terminator was the first film in a series of four and it came out in 1984. I saw the film not long after it came out and always thought I must have seen it a few times and therefore remembered it well. but watched it again yesterday on Sky Anytime as they have been showing a series of classic films on one of their stations, and ...  Read the complete review

This was the film that thrust both Arnold Schwarzenegger and director James Cameron into the public eye overnight. And it's not surprising, because it is THAT good. Of all James Cameron's films, this is my personal favourite and I believe that it's his best. This was made on a low budget for its day, and is raw and Cameron at his best. ...  Read the complete review

The Terminator is a low budget sci-fi horror film that was made way back in 1984 by James Cameron. Arnold Schwarzenegger shot to stardom in his role as a killer cyborg sent from the future to kill the mother (Linda Hamilton) of an unborn child who is supposed to go on to be the leader of the human race to fight machines in a ...  Read the complete review

Ok I confess... I watched Terminator & Terminator 2 before their rating permitted. Slapped wrist for me. But that was many, many years ago. Maybe I can make amends with this review, because my 'crime' did not stop there... oh no. I actually used to preach to anyone willing to debate all things terminator that #2 was one of the very ...  Read the complete review

I've recently seen the Terminator as an indicator of changing times and attitudes. When I was a kid, and the Terminator was a brand new movie, it was rated 18, and it was one of those films that everyone knew as being very violent, and not for kids. Last time I checked though, the film had been re-rated as a 15 (possibly even a 12 by ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on The Student Room and Flixster The Terminator is a seminal science fiction film and without a doubt one of the best ever made. It's also the film that shot James Cameron to fame, and allowed him to make the later classics Aliens, Titanic, and of course, the brilliant Terminator 2, and upcoming sci ...  Read the complete review

The Terminator is an absolute classic film from the 1980's. It is set in modern day 1984 (current at the time). Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) is a normal young woman going about her everyday life. Unbeknownst to her, she is of vital importance to the future of the Human Race. The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has been ...  Read the complete review

What a film. 1984 brought us something special, a film that had an actor of such immensity that had never been seen before. Arnold Schwarzenegger. One of the truly last great 'action' movie stars that hasn't been since the Willis, Stallone era. True movie icons. This film was made for Arnold without a doubt. 'The Terminator' ...  Read the complete review

The film which started the ball rolling for the franchise which is now, in 2009, once again the hottest thing in the movie industry. Made on by far the smallest budget by a group of unknowns, the story and adventure feel make this arguably the strongest of the series. Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as the ...  Read the complete review

*This is a film only review* The Terminator is a strange franchise. After 2 very successful films, we heard nothing more for years. Then, suddenly a 3rd film landed on our laps, and now the fourth film is currently doing the rounds to a mixed response. However, it was Titanic director James Cameron who envisioned the ...  Read the complete review

"In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the future by changing the past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created The Terminator". A lethal cyborg with human skin, named the Terminator, is sent ...  Read the complete review

This is a very well known film and is home to the infamous line, 'I'll be Back'. The film is set in the future during a battle between machines and humans. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a machine sent back in time to kill the mother of a man who win this war, you should be ale to picture the quality of the acting. If you ...  Read the complete review

Dadum, dum, dum dum, dadad ...ahem please forgive one ageing reviewer his bit of frivolity whilst humming away to that unforgettable theme tune! I can remember well when I first got the opportunity to see this film. I recall thinking 'this bloke can't act' before sticking the old vhs on. Little was I to realise that 'wooden' ...  Read the complete review

Arnie, I'll be back - that red menacing eye - what a film ! This is easily the best action/sci-fi movie of the 1980s, and one of the top five of all time. The Terminator (a cyborg) from the future has gone back in time to present day to kill the mother of the (yet unconceived) man who will lead the human revolt against the ...  Read the complete review

The Terminator for me is one of then greastest movies ever released. To think that it was released way back in 1984 is very hard to believe, though you can tell at times with some of the special effects. The basic story is that The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) arrives in a flash storm of electricity, and later Kyle ...  Read the complete review

I am writing this review about the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day'. I hope you enjoy this review as well as making a decision of buying the film if you think it will be good for you. Here I will write about different sections explaning the movie including: Movie genre Brief plot of the story Cast and ...  Read the complete review

It's all Arnold Schwarzenegger's fault! Why else would we all hold the common belief that marauding killer cybernetic organisms speak with a thick, Austrian accent and are monosyllabic? But The Terminator is like that - it seizes our collective consciousness and it simply will not stop. James Cameron's use of a middling budget ...  Read the complete review

Arnold Schwarzenegger was born to play a cyborg. In this iconic role, the tight-lipped, square-headed Austrian warped into the minds of many 80s youths, such as myself, and made us truly believe there are killer robots aiming to wipe out our existence in the near future. Even today, the haunting science behind the fictitious tale of The ...  Read the complete review

'The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight...' In the near future (2029) human beings and artificial intelligence, in the form of computers and machines, ...  Read the complete review