Kyle Reese vs T-800 (Tech-noir) | The Terminator [Open Matte, Remastered]

The Terminator (1984)
Scene: Tech-noir

Storyline: A seemingly indestructible robot is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a young waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against sentient machines, while a human soldier from the same war is sent to protect her at all costs.

Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, William Wisher
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator \ T-800), Michael Biehn (Kyle Reese), Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor), Paul Winfield (Lieutenant Ed Traxler), Lance Henriksen (Detective Hal Vukovich), Rick Rossovich (Matt Buchanan), Bess Motta (Ginger Ventura), Earl Boen (Dr. Peter Silberman)

Production Companies:
Hemdale
Pacific Western
Euro Film Funding
Cinema '84/Greenberg Brothers Partnership

#TheTerminator
#ArnoldSchwarzenegger
#JamesCameron
#LindaHamilton

**********************************************************************

If you like 'DC Comics' - welcome! "come together, right now!"

[roadwarrior]

The bit where Arnold walks past in slow motion, is just perfect. The music, everything.

[Paul-]

See this is what the new Terminator films are missing. Tension. I love the shot where Sarah accidentally knocks down her drink and misses the Terminator just at the right time.

[SoldierOfFate]

I've always loved Kyle's combat methods against the Terminator. He knows he can't go head-on with it so he strikes it like a large cat would - with hit and run tactics and from angles it wouldn't expect.

[NixonRules]

As a kid that scene at 1:20 where she bends over to pick up the glass right as the Terminator walks by and looks past her was always so awesome. He moves through the crowd like a shark moving through a coral reef.

[Markus_Andrew]

When you consider this movie was made on a shoestring budget with a director who was almost completely unknown to the public at the time, it's pretty impressive.

[peaaanuuutz]

People always reference Arnold saying "come with me if you want to live", but in reality it was Kyle who said it first

[Nicholas_Chen_]

And to think this helpless Sarah became a badass at the end of this film. Excellent character development.

[GuaranteedEtern]

The original Terminator is one of the best science fiction movies of all time. It still holds up.

[wubbsy]

I absolutely LOVE the transition from 80's music to The Terminator theme slowly dominating. Still gives me goosebumps.

[lukecameron]

‘You’re in a public place, so you’ll be safe …. But stay visible’ I love the detail of the Lieutenant unknowingly aiding the T-800 in finding Sarah.

[ohnoes]

I love how every time Kyle lands a shot you can just see the sheer hatred in his face, really gives off what Skynet did to him

[stalkerno.]

Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese is simply an unbeatable dude...

[Yokai_Yuri]

This scene was brilliant. I like how Arnold really moves like a machine.

[Scott]

Love the way the Terminator glides through the crowd like a shark

[J_C_CH]

The way Arnold acts when firing, reloading and walking with the Uzi is probably the most robotic he ever appears in the entire series. You can see by the way he moves he’s trying to give the illusion that he’s a machine under that skin.

[drtofuu]

If you listen carefully, you can hear the impact of the bullets to the metalic skeleton. That is amazing attention to detail from the sound engineers and the director.

[bluedark]

1:18 no one gives credit to that bottle, it practically saved humanity.

[mr.battle]

Fun fact: Lance Henriksen, the actor who plays Detective Hal Vukovich in this clip, was originally supposed to play the part of the Terminator. James Cameron's concept for the character was basically that an Infiltrator unit would look like an everyman, wholly unremarkable, able to blend into a crowd effortlessly. There was even some early concept art that showed half Henriksen's face with the other half being that of the iconic T-800 endoskeleton.

However, when Schwarzenegger was brought in to audition for the part of Kyle Reese, the human resistance member and protagonist, Arnold took one look at the script and immediately insisted that he play the part of the Terminator instead. James Cameron was initially hesitant, since a massive Austrian bodybuilder isn't exactly inconspicuous, not to mention that he was counting on Schwarzenegger's star power and draw as the "good guy" from his success with Conan the Barbarian. Still, he let Arnold read for the role, and of course he absolutely nailed it. They retooled the movie, and Henriksen was relegated to a much smaller supporting role as a police detective investigating the Sarah Connor murders.

Lore-wise, they explained the T-800's size as the latest revision in a long line of attempts by Skynet to create the perfect Infiltrator unit. For a time, it was producing the T-600 line, which were massive (twice the size of Arnold) and had rubber skin. These were easily spotted, even from a distance. However, starting with the 800 series, Skynet was able to miniaturize the chassis of the endoskeleton enough so that it could conceivably pass for a human (albeit a very big one), and even figured out how to give it living tissue. Arnold's T-800 was the first series to successfully pass as an Infiltrator and to be able to survive Time Displacement.

As for Henriksen, James Cameron always felt a twinge of guilt over reducing his role in the original Terminator film, so he ended up casting the actor to play Bishop, the benevolent android in the movie "Aliens" (1986). The part became iconic in its own right.

[----icpw]

Without getting into detail, this scene should be shown as an example in film school. The music, the slow shots, the people dancing... all makes up for a perfectly made scene.

[sctmcg]

I genuinely believe this is Arnold Schwarzenegger's finest acting work. He was PERFECT for this role and his character is a source for nightmares. I genuinely couldn't see another Hollywood star in this role.