The Terminator - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  Sarah's roommate and her boyfriend have sex briefly, but are interrupted. Her boyfriend wears only a Speedo.

  The Terminator briefly displays dimly lit full-frontal male nudity and buttocks.

  A man and woman have sex. Her breasts can be seen.

• Violence

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  There's an intense car chase in which the Terminator pursues Sarah and Reese. Both cars ram into each other and crash in the end, and several gunshots are also exchanged.

  There's an intense chase near the end in which the Terminator pursues Reese and Sarah on his motorcycle. Reese throws dynamite at him, which explodes, but he survives, and commandeers a truck. The truck is then blown up, causing a massive explosion.

  A man is beaten up while trying to fight the Terminator. He is violently thrown about the room and finally crashes through a wall and dies.

  A woman is shot in the back by the Terminator.

  A woman gets blown to pieces by turret.

  When the Terminator is pulling his fake eye out it can be pretty disturbing as there is a slight amount of blood and gross noises.

  A punk is killed by getting punched through the chest (partially offscreen). The Terminator's bloody hand is seen.

  The Terminator goes to a gun store to purchase weapons and upon receiving the goods, shoots the clerk. We only see the end of the gun as it fires; we do not see the clerk die.

  A woman is shot several times, offscreen. Later, a police photograph of her corpse is briefly seen.

  There's a lengthy shootout in a police station in which the Terminator kills many cops. Some blood may be visible, but it's not graphic for the most part, though the scene is dark and intense, and many people are shot and killed.

• Profanity

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  Fuck, shit, and bitch are used alongside lesser profanity like ass.

• Intense Scenes

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  The T-800 cuts his arm and cuts his eye out.