Top 10 Apocalyptic Movies
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
5. The Terminator (1984)
Critical Characters: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton
The Happening: Artificially intelligent machines attempting to destroy the human race
On the Brink of Disaster: By 2029 machines have taken over the world, being held back only by a human uprising led by John Connor. Attempting to eliminate the resistance, the machines send a cyborg assassin, known as the Terminator, back in time to kill Connor’s mother Sarah and prevent John from ever being born.
