Terminator

6 movies in this series

Skynet becomes self-aware… and so does Now Playing Podcast.

From James Cameron’s lean 1984 tech-noir thriller to the blockbuster bombast of T2, and through every sequel, reboot, and timeline reset that followed, we’re reviewing the entire Terminator saga. Killer cyborgs, time travel paradoxes, and leather jackets that somehow survive nuclear war.

Which films truly feel inevitable, and which should have been terminated in development? Join Arnie, Stuart, and the Now Playing Podcast crew as they track every Sarah Connor, every reprogrammed T-800, and every attempt to stop Judgment Day to decide which entries are built to last and which are obsolete.

Movie Reviews

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The Terminator

The only things that can make it through the time machine...

Reviewed May 14, 2009
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine? Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

When playing with your Terminatrix, always remember the s...

Reviewed May 21, 2009
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller