Review of The Terminator (1984) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 24 May 1985
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 Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 24 May 1985.
The Terminator has generally received very positive reviews.
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