James Cameron’s first Terminator is a bit less of a pure popcorn action flick than its upscaled sequel, but in some ways this makes the action feel that much more concrete and grounded in reality. It’s really a terrifying movie—dark, somber, with a silent villain who calmly plucks bits of his damaged face off to better target you. The task in front of Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor seems so insurmountable—even with a soldier from the future, going after the T-800 with modern weapons is so ineffectual that it’s nearly comical. It’s as if their enemy is entropy itself, which feels like a theme of the series, given the time-hopping progression in all the films since. You can destroy a terminator, but the future (apparently driven by box office receipts) refuses to be changed.—Jim Vorel
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