Product Description
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The Terminator
Audio: English 5.1, English 5.1 DTS, Czech 2.0, Polish 2.0
Subtitles: English (Hard of Hearing), Czech, Danish, Finnish,
Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Swedish
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Audio: English 5.1
Subtitles: None
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Audio: English 5.1 (original language), English 5.1 (original
language) DTS, English 5.1 Descriptive Audio
Subtitles: English, English for the Hard of Hearing, Dutch,
Hindi
Terminator Salvation
Audio: English 5.1 (original language), English 5.1 Descriptive
Audio, Italian 5.1
Subtitles: English, English for the Hard of Hearing, Dutch,
Hindi, Italian
Please note: Subtitles and Audio tracks indicated may only be
available on the feature film, and may not be available on all
extra material provided.
.co.uk Review
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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
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 ier than that of
its far more expensive, more effects-laden sequel. --Anne Hurley,
.com
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
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
( http://www..co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007LZ6F/$%7B0%7D ) and
U-571 ( http://www..co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000505IM/$%7B0%7D )
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 ed 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.