The Terminator (1984)

Synopsis

In 1984 Los Angeles, an imposing man appears naked in an alley amid electric flashes and attacks some punks for clothes. Later, a man with scars appears in an alley the same way and evades police. The first man robs a gun shop, looks up addresses of women named Sarah Connor and begins murdering them. A waitress by that same name sees news reports about the murders and notices the second man following her.

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Box office

$78 million

Budget

$6.4 million

IMDb votes

1,023,479

Where to watch The Terminator in Canada

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