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75An efficient, cold-blooded sci-fi splatter movie that never makes the mistake of forgetting that on some level it is deeply ridiculous.
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80An amazingly effective picture that becomes doubly impressive when one considers its small budget.
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100Director James Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd (both of whom co-wrote the script) demonstrate their storytelling virtuosity.
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100A blazing, cinematic comic book, full of virtuoso moviemaking, terrific momentum, solid performances and a compelling story.
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70Schwarzenegger is presented as a lumbering slab of dumb, destructive strength--the image is more geological than human--and Cameron plays his crushing weightiness against the strangely light, almost graceful violence of the gunplay directed against him. The results have the air of a demented ballet.
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60A B-movie with flair.
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88A model of economic storytelling....It raised the bar for movie action to a bionic level. [1 Dec 2003, p.13]
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90A tense, slickly executed thriller.
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Kineticism and suspense, combined with strongly conceived characters....Made Cameron a talent to watch. [13 Jan 1995, p. 67]
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100The movie's scares are intense, but the notion that the Terminator would move on to politics is even more frightening.
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90Plenty of tech-noir savvy to keep infidels and action fans satisfied.[26 Nov 1984, p. 105]
User score distribution:
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JakeH10This movie was down right action packed. Arnold Schwartezennager rules!!
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10One of the best movies I ever seen