Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the film that converted the low-budget grime of 1984’s The Terminator into blockbuster cinematic mayhem. It also turned Arnold Schwarzenegger into a megastar, vaulted James Cameron to the top of the director heap, and spawned a franchise that would never reach these heights again. Subverting the original by making Arnie’s Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 into an unlikely hero, it’s one of those rare Nineties hits that retains its bleak power and maybe hits even harder as we stare at a future dominated by AI. – Richard Whittaker
