Movies On My Mind: Time to terminate the Terminators

Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the title role, had warned, "I'll be back," implacable in his mission. So he is, returning for Terminator: Dark Fate now in cinemas. PHOTO: 20TH CENTURY FOX
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SINGAPORE - The Terminator was visionary film-maker James Cameron's 1984 landmark action science-fiction flick, warning of a world in the year 2029 taken over by an artificial intelligence network.

Skynet was this faceless enemy.

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