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Duration 1h 53 Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A Phillip K. Dick short story “We Can Remember it for You Wholesale”. Director Paul Verhoeven Writers/Script Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Gary Oldman Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Dean Norris, Rachel Ticotin, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by 322,726 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 82% … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Most countries derated it in these enlightened times. Source of story An original screenplay, but like all the Terminator movies I feel that it owes something to Phillip K. Dick’s “The Second Variety”, although Harlan Ellison successfully sued the producers for plagiarizm. Director James Cameron Writers/Script Jams Cameron … Continue reading
Duration 2h 00m Rating (UK) PG Source of story Very roughly based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne Director Frank Coraci Writers/Script David Titchner, David Bunulio, David Goldstein Starring Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cécile de France, Jim Broadbent, Ian McNeice, Ewen Bremner, Richard Branson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maggie Q, Luke Wilson, Owen … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Source of story An original screenplay Director Mark L. Lester Writers/Script Steven E. de Sousa Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rose Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, James Olson, Alyssa Milano, Bill Duke, Bill Paxton, Elevator Pitch: Colonel John Matrix, a former special forces soldier, living in insolation with his daughter, somewhere in the Rockies, is … Continue reading
Duration 2h 6m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Said to follow on from Terminator 2: Judgement Day Director Tim Miller Writers/Script David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes, Billy Ray (Story James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee, Josh Friedman, David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes Starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Andrew Davis Writers/Script David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths (Story David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths, Ronald Roose) Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Miguel Sandoval, Elevator Pitch: Fire chief Gordy Brewer is devastated when his wife and son are killed … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch Ten years after Sarah Connor survived the first Terminator attack, the machines send back a more advanced model the T-1000 which is intended to eliminate the 10 year old John Connor. The humans send back a reprogrammed T-800, with instructions to keep John alive, and it, together with Sarah who has been incarcerated … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch A bunch of ex-special forces mercenaries are hired to go into the Central American jungle, together with a CIA spook in order to rescue a couple of hostages from some bandits. As they make their way through the jungle they become aware that everything is not quite as it should be and their … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch Skynet continues to fight the resistance led by John Connor, and so it sends back a Terminator to 1984 to terminate his mother, Sarah Connor, and to protect her Connor sends back his lieutenant, Kyle Reese. But the time line has changed and Sarah is already being protected by the altered Terminator T-100. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Tony Puryear, Walon Green Additional Info Story by Tony Puryear, Walon Green and Michael S Chernuchin. Uncredited rewrites were carried out by Frank Darabont, William Wisher Jr and John Milius the last as a favour to the star. Director Chuck Russell … Continue reading
Released 1994 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Claude Zidi, Simon Michael, Didier Kaminka, James Cameron Director James Cameron Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Eliza Dushku, Charlton Heston, Art Malik Elevator Pitch A secret agent who is on the track of a terrorist … Continue reading
Released 1987 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story Variously considered to be a novella by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) or an earlier story by Robert Sheckley. Writer/s script Steven E. de Souza Director Paul Michael Glaser Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jesse Ventura, Mick Fleetwood, Richard Dawson Elevator Pitch In a … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating 18 Director Peter Hyams Writer/s Andrew W Marlowe Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Rod Steiger, Robin Tunney, Miriam Margoles Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch On the last day of the old century the devil comes to earth and takes over the body of a banker, there-after searching for a … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 12A in UK Director Jonathan Mostow Writer/s John Brancato, Michael Ferris Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken Source of story Earlier Terminators, James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd credited with having invented the characters. Elevator Pitch John Connor has survived into young adulthood by living “off the grid” but … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director Mikael Hafstrom Writer/s Miles Chapman, Jason Keller Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Jim Caveizel, Sam Neill, Vinnie Jones Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An expert in prison security, who usually determines the weaknesses in such facilities by escaping from them, is incarcerated in … Continue reading
Released 1993 Rating 15 in UK Director John McTiernan Writer/s Shane Black, David Arnott Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, Art Carney, Charles Dance, F.Murray Abraham, Tom Noonan, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, Ian McKellan, Joan Plowright, Tina Turner and lots of people appearing as themselves Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A boy is … Continue reading
Released 1984 Rating 15 in UK Director James Cameron Writer/s James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In the future humans, led by John Connor, are battling with the machines which have taken over the planet, so in order to eliminate him, … Continue reading
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