The Terminator
The Terminator
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The Terminator

DirectorJames Cameron

Your future is in its hands.

7.7 / 10 · 15k votes
R
1984
1h 48m
ActionThrillerScience Fiction

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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