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The Terminator

Your future is in its hands.

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?

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The Terminator in its release era

Released in 1984, The Terminator sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1984-10-26
Rating
R
TMDB score
7.7/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United Kingdom, United States of America
Studio
Hemdale, Pacific Western
Topicsman vs machineartificial intelligence (a.i.)saving the worldlaser guncyborgkiller robotshotgunrebel

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