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Arnold Schwarzenegger is the “Terminator”, a deadly cyborg - part man, part machine, sent back from the future to present day Los Angeles. His mission is to kill an unsuspecting young woman, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Her only hope for survival lies with a guerrilla fighter (Michael Biehn), also from the future, whose task is to protect her at all costs. A trail of destruction and violence follows in the wake of their desperate struggle to escape the Terminator. This is a gripping science-fiction thriller, packed with action, suspense, terrific special effects and just the right amount of dark humour.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
317713
Languages
Danish
Dutch
English
English
English
Finnish
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Swedish
Turkish
Audience classification
M (15+)
Subject categories
Action & Adventure → Action films
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture trailers
Fantasy & Science Fiction → Science fiction films
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)