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Review of by Paul Attanasio for Washington Post — 03 Jan 2018

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Schwarzenegger is presented as a lumbering slab of dumb, destructive strength--the image is more geological than human--and Cameron plays his crushing weightiness against the strangely light, almost graceful violence of the gunplay directed against him.

The results have the air of a demented ballet.

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This review of The Terminator (1984) was written by and published by Washington Post on 03 Jan 2018.

The Terminator has generally received very positive reviews.

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