Terminator, The  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1984  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 9 Customer Comments Suggestions 1 Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 3.64 out of 5, including 9 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis This title is out of print from it's current vendor. A new re-issue is due to be announced sometime in 2001 The Terminator is an ingenious tale of an invincible robot from the year 2029, transported through time to 1984 Los Angeles on a mission of death. In the not-too-distant future, our ever advancing technology has resulted in a nuts-and -bolts revolution. The machines are now in power. Our former slaves are now our masters. The only threat to their world comes in the form of rebel leader John Conner, unseen freedom fighter and keeper of the human spirit who stirs the people into fighting back. At the brink of defeat the machines are forced to play their ace in the hole.. And a wicked ace it is. Using time displacement equipment, they send an indestructible cyborg into the past to murder Connor's mother, Sarah, begore he can be conceived! Connor sends a warrior of his own after the Terminator in the hope of saving Sarah and assuring a future for mankind. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Paul Winfield  • Linda Hamilton  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • Michael Biehn Writers:  • James Cameron Producers:  • John Daly  • Derek Gibson Directors:  • James Cameron Product Information Features: Interactive Menus Chapter Index Theatrical Trailer About the Audio Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono Studio: Image Ent. Production Year: 1984 Release Date: 9/3/1997 Length: 107 mins Rating: R Chapters: 34 Packaging: Snap Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: ID3949NSBDVD UPC Code: 014381394924 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Music, National Film Registry, Robots / Androids, Science Fiction, Action, AFI Top 100, Assassins & Hitmen, Classics Studios: Image Ent. Reviews Overall Rating: 3.64 out of 5, including 9 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review Who Needs Stereo? - 4.25 out of 5  (6/29/2000) This film is all action from start to finish. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time even though I knew what was going to happen. Undoubtedly, Arnold's BEST movie. The scenes from the future were breathtaking. I'LL BE BACK....   more >> Customer Review Poor mastering spoils classic - 3 out of 5  (1/11/1999) What can I say. I waited with baited breath for the advent of the Terminator on DVD. A classic sci-fi movie, a Cameron masterpiece and other such superlatives, so why did Image Entertainment screw up on the encoding. Artefacts and other such digital annoyances abound in areas of high contrast and fast motion, tut tut tut! I will think twice before purchasing another DVD from this shower of *@%*&. Caveat emptor..... Let the Buyer Beware!   more >> Customer Review As good as T2 is, this DVD is pretty bad... - 2.5 out of 5  (1/7/1999) I bought The Terminator based on the fact that it is, simply put, a great movie. The plot, the action, the style...there is absolutely nothing negative about this film. Unfortunately, the DVD release gives us plenty of negatives on which to dwell. Awful sound (Dolby Digital 2/0.1 mono) that is strictly mono, treble-happy (where the bass is, I have no idea), video which is passable but neither impressive nor above-average, and features which border on insulting (aside from chapter selection, the   more >>