The Terminator

A 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, and produced by Hurd. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cybernetic assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn son, John Connor, will one day save humanity from extinction caused by Skynet, a hostile artificial intelligence that exists in a post-apocalyptic future. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is a soldier sent back in time to protect Sarah. The Terminator franchise follows humanity's war against machines and time travel. The main characters of this franchise are people: Sarah Connor, John Connor and Kyle Reese, as well as robot terminators (mainly the T-800 terminator played by Arnold Schwarzenegger). The center of events is the battle for survival between the almost extinct humanity and artificial intelligence, which is Skynet. Skynet is positioned as the US computer system "Global Digital Defense Network", developed by Cyberdyne Systems, which becomes independent and uncontrollable. Soon after activation, Skynet perceives all people as a threat to its security and decides to destroy all of humanity.