The Terminator
Taste attributes: actionscience fictionthrillerrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarybig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentary
"Your future is in its hands."
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, breakneck sci-fi film: unsentimental and wide-ranging. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
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?
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Orion Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
