Terminator 1-4 Blu-ray

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The Terminator The Terminator was the film that cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger&s place in the action-brawn firmament and both his and the movie&s subsequent iconic status are well deserved He&s chilling as the futuristic cyborg that kills without fear without love without mercy James Cameron&s story and direction are pared to the bone and are all the more chillingly effective for it But don&t overlook the contribution of Linda Hamilton who more than holds her own as the Terminator&s would-be victim Sarah Connor thus creating--along with Sigourney Weaver in Alien--a new generation of rugged clear-thinking female action stars The film&s minimalist malevolent violence is actually
scarier than that of its far more expensive more effects-laden sequel --Anne Hurley Amazon Terminator 2 Judgment Day Arguably the finest movie of its kind Terminator 2 Judgment Day captured Arnold Schwarzenegger at the very apex of his Hollywood celebrity and James Cameron at the peak of his perfectionist directorial powers Nothing the star did subsequently measured up to his iconic performance here spouting legendary catchphrases and wielding weaponry with unparalleled cool; and while the director had an even bigger hit with the bloated and sentimental Titanic few followers of his career would deny that Cameron&s true forte has always been sci-fi action With an incomparably bigger budget than its 1984 precursor T2 essentially reworks the original scenario with envelope-stretching special
effects and simply more more more of everything Yet for all its scale T2 remains at heart a classic sci-fi tale robots running amok time travel paradoxes and dystopian future worlds are recurrent genre themes which are here simply revitalised by Cameron&s glorious celebration of the mechanistic From the V-twin roar of a Harley Fat Boy to the metal-crunching Steel Mill finale the director&s fascination with machines is this movie&s strongest motif it&s no coincidence that the character with whom the audience identifies most strongly is a robot Now that impressive but unengaging CGI effects have come to over-dominate sci-fi movies (think of The Phantom Menace) T2&s pivotal blending of extraordinary live-action stuntwork and FX looks more and more like it will never be equalled --Mark Walker
Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines starts in high gear and never slows down The apocalyptic "Judgment Day" of Terminator 2 was never prevented only postponed John Connor (Nick Stahl replacing T2&s Edward Furlong) now 22 and disconnected from society is being pursued yet again this time by the advanced T-X a sleek "Terminatrix" (coldly expressionless Kristanna Loken) programmed to stop Connor from becoming the saviour of humankind Originally programmed as an assassin a disadvantaged T-101 cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger bidding fond farewell to his signature role) arrives from the future to join Connor and future wife Kate (Claire Danes) in thwarting the T-X&s relentless pursuit The plot presents a logical fulfilment of T2&s prophecy
disposing of Connor&s mother (Linda Hamilton is sorely missed) while computer-driven machines assume control launching a nuclear nightmare that Connor must survive With Breakdown and U-571 serving as rehearsals for this cautionary epic of mass destruction director Jonathan Mostow wisely avoids any stylistic connection to James Cameron&s classics; instead he&s crafted a fun exciting popcorn thriller humorous and yet still effectively nihilistic and comparable to Jurassic Park III in returning the Terminator franchise to its potent B-movie roots --Jeff Shannon Terminator Salvation Synopsis Set in the post-apocalyptic 2018 with Christian Bale starring as John Connor the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators But the future Connor was raised to
believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future or rescued from the past As Skynet prepares its final onslaught Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind