The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD)

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Production Year: 1985 - Action/Adventure - Director: James Cameron - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton more

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James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR is one of the tightest, tensest sci-fi films ever made and a landmark in the genre. In the year 2029, battles rage between the superintelligent...
more...machines that rule the world and the last vestiges of humanity. In late-20th-century Los Angeles, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) suddenly finds herself stalked by an unstoppable killing machine--a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sent from the future to kill her and her unconceived son, John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance. Sarah can rely only on Reese (Michael Biehn), a soldier sent from the future to protect her from the seemingly indestructible Terminator and save humanity. This low-budget masterpiece was the breakthrough film for director Cameron, who weds special effects, thrills, and understated romance to create one of the finest action films of the 1980s, which spawned many imitations but few equals. Science fiction author Harlan Ellison sued over the film's similarities to his own works, especially the OUTER LIMITS episode "Demon with a Glass Hand," and won acknowledgement in the film's credits. Schwarzenegger will forever be known as the relentless Terminator, a heartless killing machine who returns (in a kinder, gentler form) in 1991's TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY.





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the war against the Arnies
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by angelofdeff

Advantages: the best film ever? on a a great DVD?! you're damn right its true
Disadvantages: the original 1984 subtitles do not appear at the beginning

What can I say?, possibly the greatest film of all time on possibly the best DVD yet. It's hard to know where to begin, I mean, the film is perfect, it comes in a double DVD box set which is nicely packaged…it's almost too good. The story is simple enough, basically two individuals from the near future appear in 1984 Los Angeles, both trying to find Sarah Connor - car chases and gun battles ensue, lots of big explosions and nice special effects, ... Read review

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10.08.2001
Toasters with attitude
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by kingsanj

Advantages: Thrilling, classic film.
Disadvantages: Cardboard case, looks good buuut I worry about wear and tear

...Cameron CERTIFICATE: 15 TYPE OF FILM: Sci-Fi Horror LENGTH: 103mins YEAR: 1984 The Story In the not to distant future Cyberdyne industries produces a computer controlled military defence system called Skynet for the USA government. Skynet achieves consciousness, and perceives all of mankind as a threat; as a result it launches a nuclear assault at Russia, causing retaliation and near destruction of mankind. The remaining humans are ... Read review

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13.06.2001
I'll be back...
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by Mystique

Advantages: The Original Terminator Re-Mastered on DVD!
Disadvantages: the pictures a bit dark

...killing each Sarah Connor in the Los Angeles phone book and that someone is following her. But the man who is following her isn’t the one she should be worried about, the man following her is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) a solider fighting to save humanity sent back from the year 2029 to protect Sarah (Linda Hamilton) from the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) a cybernetic killing machine sent to 1985 to terminate Sarah Connor before she can ... Read review

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04.11.2001
The Terminator
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by andycarrington

Advantages: Arnie; Michael Biehn; Love sub-plot; Scary; Concept of the Future
Disadvantages: Dated CGI

...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 Terminator contributes to my cynical outlook of men at war with machines. By now, it is common knowledge that John Connor is at the pinnacle of humanity's ... Read review

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10.02.2009
Yep, you guessed it: 'I'll be back!'
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by pmcds

Advantages: Groundbreaking, Arnie's presence and the special effects
Disadvantages: Nothing

...featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger being released. The first was the sequel to Conan the Barbarian, entitled Conan the Destroyer, and was a popular film. However, it was nowhere near as popular and as critically and commercially successful as his second film of the year: The Terminator, the tale of a breed of cyborg robots being sent back in time from the future to prevent any kind of future from happening. The Plot A mysterious musclebound man, ... Read review

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10.06.2008
The Greatest film of all time!
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by liquidus1000

Advantages: Greatest film of all time!
Disadvantages: Nothing! This is perfect!

In the year 2029 robots and machines have risen and are wiping out the human race. In an attempt to stop the Resistance, the machines send an indestructible cybernetic organism (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back to the year 1984 to kill the leader's mother (Linda Hamilton) before he has even been conceived. The Resistance learn of this and in a desperate move to stop their leader from being terminated, send Lt. Kyle Reese (Michael Beihn) to protect Sarah ... Read review

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22.09.2005
The Terminator, Review DVD
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by jamesdaviesmv7557

Advantages: The best Arnie film ever
Disadvantages: Dated Graphics

I first watched the Terminator when I was far to young a couple of nightmares later i was a big fan. The atmosphere the film has is incredible, Arnie is at his hardest and was born for this role. He looks walks and talks like a robot with out needing to act so you really can believe he is a Terminator. The film is essentually a cat and mouse affair the seemingly unstoppable terminator being the cat and the future mother of John Conner the savior ... Read review

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20.08.2006
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Classic
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by chilledbudwei2er

Advantages: classic
Disadvantages: outdated in a variety of ways

Back in the days when \'Titanic\' was just a big old boat and the script for \'Junior\' had not yet been accidentally dropped in the greenlight pile, James Cameron was the up-and-coming director of low-budget action movie \'Piranha II: Flying Killers\' and Arnold Schwarzenegger was a towering Teutonic wunderkind that you wouldn\'t want to mess with. Together they made \'The Terminator\', and transformed a genre forever. The concept is fantastically ... Read review

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03.10.2001
I'll be baaack - in another 2 sequels
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by davidm385

Advantages: I'll be back! - great scary early Arnie classic
Disadvantages: synthesiser score a little distracting

...sci-fi classic, and rightly so. The movie centres around Sarah Connor, (played by Linda Hamilton) who has a run of the mill single girl life in LA. Her world is shattered when she is hunted by a walking talking killing machine - a Terminator (or course played by Arnie). The early sequences show him going to a phone booth and ripping out the page at the Sarah Connor listing. he then ruthlessley and methodically starts to kill the Sarah connor's in ... Read review

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28.09.2005
Phase plasma rifle with a 40 watt range
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by jissom

Advantages: Great special features, dvd-rom extras, da uzi 9mm
Disadvantages: Dodgy out of place subtitles during future scenes

...his career defining role as the Terminator- a cyborg from the future sent to assassinate a young Linda Hamilton. This is a truly great work of science fiction with one of the most captivating story lines ever to hit the big screen. The year is 1984 (when the film was made) and Sarah Connor (Hamilton) is a young girl working a crap job and not doing anything particularly interesting with her life. However, she is unaware of the important role she ... Read review

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28.03.2005
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The Original & The Best.
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by SupperChappy

Advantages: Stylish case, Stylish menus on the DVD, Fantastic film.
Disadvantages: Old special effects.

...did not even care about the special effects when watching it, due to its original and superd plot, and outstanding character casting. Arnold Schwarzenegger is basically the "Terminator" because of this film and the films that followed this film. The DVD box looks good, very stylish and once opened there are two DVDs (disc 1, feature film, disc 2, special features). The special features include deleted scenes (very good), it has different trailers ... Read review

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10.01.2006
I'll be back....
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by Rhynoone

Advantages: Great all round action packed sci fi adventure.
Disadvantages: None really, some SFX are a little dated due to age of film.

Film Review In the year 2029, advanced military computer Skynet and the killer machines it controls have all but taken over the earth and killed all of it's inhabitants. Only a handful of humans remain and form the Resistance, lead by John Connor. When the Resistance stand to overcome the machines, Skynet decides to remedy the situation by sending a machine back through time to 1984, it's mission to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton - In Your Dreams, ... Read review

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03.01.2008
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Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by god4269

as a fan of the terminator, i found it easy to give this product a good rating. i have watched all of theese films and i would recomend them to anyone. i found the films an easy watch with really good action scenes and this edition is packed with extras.

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07.08.2008
I'll be right back
Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by toffee19

Advantages: Fast moving action and good story line
Disadvantages: None at all

...watch over and over again. The film is based in the past (which is our present). Basically man has created AI (artificial intelligence) which decided it wanted rid of us pesky humans so it sets off lots of nuclear bombs to eradicate us. But as we normally do humans fight back. So they the AI sent Schwarzenegger back in time (1984) who is a Terminator (a robot who looks human) to kill off the future mother of the leader of the human fight back and ... Read review

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15.07.2007
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Review of The Terminator (Special Edition) (DVD) by enigma2

For many people, myself included, this is the best of all the Terminator films. Dark, brooding and in your face in a way not recaptured in the sequels. An essential purchase on DVD.

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