Collection
Terminator
Two great films and four attempts to add a third.
Which order? The first two, then stop, is respectable advice.
The films, in release order
- 1
The Terminator 1984James Cameron’s pursuit thriller is frightening, fast and worth an evening even for those with little patience for time travel. Arnold Schwarzenegger supplies the menace; Linda Hamilton makes it matter, despite some numbing stretches of violence.Fi1m 88 - 2
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991James Cameron’s excellent action sequel makes the machines frightening and the people worth worrying about, with Linda Hamilton giving the violence its urgency. The middle drifts into sentiment, but the set-pieces remain precise, inventive and involving.Fi1m 88
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