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MOVIE · 1984

The Terminator

English original · 108 min

★ 7.7 TMDB · 15,105 votes

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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Original title
The Terminator
Release date
1984-10-26
Genres
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Production countries
United Kingdom, United States

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