Wednesday, February 15, 2017

James Cameron: The Terminator


A seemingly indestructible humanoid cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect  her at all costs.  - IMDB.com

Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd and William Wisher Jr.


Cast    /     Character

Arnold Schwarzenegger     ...     Terminator
Michael Biehn            ...        Kyle Reese
Linda Hamilton          ...        Sarah Connor
Paul Winfield             ...        Lieutenant Ed Traxler
Lance Henriksen        ...        Detective Hal Vukovich
Rick Rossovich         ...         Matt Buchanan
Bess Motta                ...         Ginger Ventura

The Terminator opens up in Los Angeles, 2029 A.D. in a war torn city. It goes back to Los Angeles 1984, 1:52 am. The Terminator forms from being sent back from the future. Kyle Reese is also sent from the future to 1984 in the same way the Terminator was. He asks the cop what the date is. He looks up Sarah Connor in the phone-book. She is clumsy as a waitress. The Terminator kills and steals from an owner of a gun shop. The Terminator arrives at another Sarah Connor's house and kills her. Kyle Reese in the future fights giant robots and a giant plane shooting lasers. Sarah Connor gets stood up for a date and leaves to see a movie. The Terminator follows her.

The press goes crazy seeing 2 murders of women called Sarah Connor. She finds out of the 2 murders while at a bar and is shocked. She looks at the phone-book and sees she is the 3rd Sarah Connor. Kyle Reese follows her. She goes into a club named Tech Noir. At Connor's house The Terminator kills Ginger's boyfriend and Ginger. The Terminator hears a message from Sarah. She calls the police. They tell her stay put. The Terminator gets shot by Kyle Reese at the club. Kyle tells Sarah, "Come with me if you want to live."

Kyle Reese reveals he has been assigned to protect her. Kyle tells her it is very important that she lives. They look for a new car. Reese explains a nuclear war will happen in a few years and the machines got smart and saw humans as a threat. He reveals her unborn son, John Connor taught them how to fight the machines. The cars crash and The Terminator gets away. The Terminator loses an eye and hides this with sunglasses, The doctor at the police station determine Reese is crazy. The Terminator crashes into the police station with a car. He kills many police. Reese and Sarah get away.

Reese says he was shot so she heals his wound. Reese tells her about her son. Reese remembers the furure of coming back to the compound and a Terminator snuck in and killed people. Kyle Reese loses the picture of Sarah Connor and it burns in the fire. At the hotel Reese gives Sarah his gun. Sarah calls her mom and The Terminator mimicking her mom's voice gets the address. The two can't sleep because they fear The Terminator. He tells her he loves her and they make love. Kyle Reese is John Connor's father. The Terminator chases Kyle and Sarah by motorcycle. Sarah sideswipes The Terminator  and he flies off the bike. The truck also flips over. He tries to run them over with an oil rig but Reese puts an explosive in the rig and it explodes. The Terminator burns.

They go in a factory with The Terminator chasing them. Reese fights the Terminator and puts an explosive in The Terminator and it explodes. Kyle Reese dies. The Terminator crawls after Sarah, but Sarah escapes and pushes a button to flatten The Terminator by a machine. She drives to Mexico. A little Mexican boy takes a Polaroid  picture of her which she buys. She drives off into the distance as a storm forms.


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