Does the dog die?
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The Terminator
Movie • 1984 • Action
ReportIn the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
This movie contains 55 potentially triggering events.
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ActuallyAshlee
Two guard dogs are killed at roughly 1hr and 12min in. It occurs offscreen.
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Abandonment
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Ollie2
Pugsley (or Pugsly), Sarah Connor’s green Iguana pet, is left behind when Sarah goes on the run. The movie never brings him up or shows him again, after The Terminator invades her apartment and kills her roommate.
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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CameronRichter
The Terminator stalks the protagonists for the duration of the movie.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Anonymous
cops think Kyle is crazy
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CharlieCharlie
Children are shown in an underground bunker dirty and frightened. They are shown in danger but are not killed on screen.
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Addiction
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Anonymous
cop makes a joke about the terminator being on pcp
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Animal
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novams3
1:11:53 you’ll see a dead rat a kid holds up for food. 1:12:40 the guard dogs get shot off screen but you’ll only hear a whimper, no blood or violence.
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Are animals abused?
168 supporters
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Anonymous
no but in the scene where the cops interview Kyle, one of them behind the mirror makes a really disturbing joke about a suspect who burned a dog
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Is there a dead animal?
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Anonymous
in the war flashback scene under the bridge, a kid holds up a dead rat that they just hunted for food
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Does a pet die?
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novams3
1:12:40 guard dogs get shot off screen but you’ll only hear a whimper, no blood or violence.
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Are there snakes?
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But there is a lizard
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Are there bugs?
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ActuallyAshlee
Flies are shown on screen briefly
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone restrained?
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Yes, a character is restrained while being held at the police station. I found it extremely triggering.
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Anonymous
when sarah passes her roommates boyfriend on her way out the door he gives her a cheek kiss in a weird playful way but it's like a joke between friends
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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CharlieCharlie
The Terminator uses a razor during a self-surgery scene.
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Is someone crushed to death?
28 supporters
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trnstrm
The terminator is crushed near the end of the movie in a hydraulic press.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Anonymous
when Kyle blows up the 18 wheeler with a pipe bomb towards the end, the terminator gets "burned alive" but it doesn't hurt or kill it
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Is there amputation?
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Not specifically, an eye is taken out of its socket though
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Does a head get squashed?
48 supporters
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Natcaptor
Spoiler:
The terminator gets crushed. There’s a close up on his head as it happens.
The terminator gets crushed. There’s a close up on his head as it happens.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Yes but it is very brief and towards the end
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Does someone break a bone?
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Anonymous
when the terminator comes to the technoir bar he breaks a guys hand who tries to get him to pay but you only hear a cracking sound it's not graphic
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Anonymous
when the terminator comes to the technoir bar he breaks a guys hand who tries to get him to pay but you only hear a cracking sound it's not graphic
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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pedanther
Yes, during the final fight at the factory.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Seccers
Terminator removes his own eye to reveal a robotic eye underneath.
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Is someone stabbed?
13 supporters
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pedanther
The Terminator impales the person he steals clothes from. Later in the movie, Sarah gets stabbed in the leg by a bit of shrapnel from an explosion.
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Is there excessive gore?
76 supporters
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SpaceCactus
As mentioned by another user, there are a lot of deaths in this movie, and there is often blood and/or gore when that happens, sometimes quite a bit. Whether or not that amount would be considered excessive is up to debate imo. It's not slasher-movie level goriness, but characters are shot, and within the first few minutes a guy gets his heart ripped out (though the lighting is a bit dark.) There are also two different parts about halfway through the movie where the Terminator does surgery on his right arm, and then on his left eye. Both moments show close ups, which can be pretty gross.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Alucarda
Kyle is killed by the explosion of a pipe bomb that he uses on the Terminator.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
terminator shoots the wrong "sarah connor" in the first ten minutes who we find out had children
a lot of other parents killed
a lot of other parents killed
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
23 supporters
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CharlieCharlie
The Terminator runs over a toy truck with a car. The toy is laying abandoned in the street.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Tideoftrash
Kyle drags Sarah into a car and stops her from running away when she’s scared of him. She ends up choosing to stay with him but it could be triggering
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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Alucarda
When Kyle first arrives in the past, he is chased by a police officer. The officer loses him for only a few seconds before Kyle jumps out and gets into a struggle with the officer. An electronic stinging sound is made when this jumpscare happens. Another jumpscare happens in the final climax of the movie. Sarah believes the terminator is finally destroyed but comes back and reaches out to grab her. Loud electronic music is played, making it quite effective. If you look closely before it happens, you can notice the terminator slightly twitch.
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Anonymous
cutting into forearm skin and face skin with a surgical scalpel in a bathroom
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Are there mannequins?
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trnstrm
Yes, but they're only seen when Kyle is running through a department store.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Only a mention
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Does someone spit?
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CharlieCharlie
A cop spits out his gum.
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Is there audio gore?
41 supporters
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CharlieCharlie
You can hear the Terminator cut himself open.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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NearEastMugwump
Eh, not really. The cops are portrayed as well-meaning but ultimately ineffective.
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Is there incarceration?
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Tideoftrash
Kyle is arrested and held in an interrogation room in handcuffs
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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pedanther
There is not a scene in a mental institution, but there is a sequence where one of the main characters is interviewed by a psychologist and incorrectly diagnosed as delusional.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Tideoftrash
No but Kyle is (incorrectly) diagnosed as “a loon“ by a psych and his story about being from the future dismissed as crazy
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Anonymous
self-surgery but not self-harm. after the first chase scene, when terminator disappears from the car. next scene is him doing arm + eye surgery, extremely gross, onscreen. he doesn't feel pain
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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NearEastMugwump
Since the only depiction of mental illness is in the SECOND movie (which has its own page), and not the first, no.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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pedanther
Some of the transitions between waking reality and flashbacks are abrupt, especially when Kyle is having his nightmare, but it's usually clear which is which.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Kyle suddenly experiences desperation, uncontrolled anger and becomes physically aggressive while he's handcuffed and being interrogated by police when they challenge the legitimacy of his story. This leads them to believe he's mentally ill. Not sure it's what is meant by "meltdown" persay, but close enough that it still might be considered a trigger.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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CharlieCharlie
Yes, Kyle has nightmares and flashbacks that are very stressful for him.
Sarah is shown shaking and distraught after learning of the death of her two friends.
Sarah is shown shaking and distraught after learning of the death of her two friends.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
17 supporters
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Natcaptor
Near the end Sarah crawls through a brief but narrow gap under a large hydraulic press.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
38 supporters
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LJConrad
Unclear but the hero has flashbacks to his traumatic background.
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
32 supporters
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pedanther
Both mimetic (explosions, gunfire, etc.) and non-mimetic (sudden loud music on the soundtrack to emphasize a jump scare).
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Is there shakey cam?
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CharlieCharlie
Unstable camera movements from the Terminator's perspective.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Anonymous
in basically all of the war flashback sequences there's constant flashing lasers (several in the first ten minutes)
there's a war flashback when they camp out under the bridge that starts and ends with lasers and has some close ups of fire
a lot of cop car lights (when they escape from terminator in the bar)
also whenever it shows the terminators POV there's a red screen with rapidly flashing text
there's a war flashback when they camp out under the bridge that starts and ends with lasers and has some close ups of fire
a lot of cop car lights (when they escape from terminator in the bar)
also whenever it shows the terminators POV there's a red screen with rapidly flashing text
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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shroomoss
There is a character that is mentioned that hasn't been born yet, there is also a pregnant character at the end of the movie too.
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Are there abortions?
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Anonymous
criminal psychologist makes a joke about the terminator being "retroactive abortion"
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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CharlieCharlie
Calls Kyle "crazy" and a "loon".
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Does the black guy die first?
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pedanther
The only signficant black character does die, but not first, and in the context of many other people also dying.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
35 supporters
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SiRenfield
Only time travel shenanigans, Kyle is technically way younger than Sarah since he travelled to an era around twenty years before he was born but he’s physically and mentally the same age as her and as far as I know there wasn't any Time Travellers Wife-esque meetings between the two
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Religious
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
40 supporters
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Anonymous
a bit of penis only for a second in shadows, nonsexual context
not sure what’s in the sex scene i skipped it, but seemed to be mostly waist up from the thumbnail
not sure what’s in the sex scene i skipped it, but seemed to be mostly waist up from the thumbnail
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Does someone lose their virginity?
1 supporters
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pedanther
There is a sex scene, and it might be a first time for one or both of them (he mentions that he's never had a serious romantic relationship before) but if so it is not mentioned. So, maybe? but loss of virginity is not the point of the scene.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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ActuallyAshlee
Full frontal male nudity, and a sex scene with partial female nudity.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
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Alucarda
A drunk homeless man is seen in the first 10 minutes in an alley.
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Is existentialism debated?
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No discussions, but there are philosophical/existential components to the movie as it centers somewhat on the idea of fate and our ability to change destiny through our choices and actions.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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KEdRuss
Ending is bittersweet. A main character dies by the end, and despite winning the day, there is a sense of impending and inevitable dread on the horizon.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
19 supporters
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Anonymous
there's nasty fender benders in every chase scene, in one early scene Kyle T-bones a police car in an alleyway
immediately after Kyle gets shot after fleeing the motel, there's several extremely bad ones in a row. she rams the motorcycle, their car flips over, terminator slides across the pavement and gets run over by an 18 wheeler, he rams into them with the 18 wheeler
immediately after Kyle gets shot after fleeing the motel, there's several extremely bad ones in a row. she rams the motorcycle, their car flips over, terminator slides across the pavement and gets run over by an 18 wheeler, he rams into them with the 18 wheeler
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Is someone hit by a car?
20 supporters
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32
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Anonymous
after terminator says "i'll be back" he drives his car into the police station and hits a cop
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
52 supporters
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37
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0
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CameronRichter
Various characters are injured and shot throughout the movie. A gruesome close-up scene of the Terminator stitching & repairing his injuries.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
1 supporters
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ActuallyAshlee
No, but post nuclear war scenes are shown
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Is there gun violence?
23 supporters
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ActuallyAshlee
Frequent throughout
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