Deb's Ultimate Gifts

In this blazingly original spin on time travel, director James Cameron ({|Titanic|}) combined a variety of genres to reinvent the science-fiction/action thriller for the 1980s. {|Arnold Schwarzenegger|} stars as a futuristic cyborg sent backward in time to kill an unsuspecting young woman ({|Linda Hamilton|}); the film, which catapulted Arnold to super stardom, was a breakthrough hit for Cameron, who strikes a perfect balance between emotionally engaging scenes and spectacular action sequences. J.D. Merill