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November 1st saw Paramount+ add The Terminator and Total Recall to its lineup in the United States, strengthening the already stellar sci-fi hub on the service. Not only do these movies represent some of the best sci-fi actioners of the last 40 years, but they are also some of the best movies starring the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you love sci-fi and are a big fan of his, you’re really in luck this month.
The Terminator, from director James Cameron, was released in 1984 and turned both the sci-fi and action genres on their heads. It also sent Schwarzenegger’s name into the stratosphere as the Terminator films helped make him one of the most popular actors in all of Hollywood. The film, as you probably know, sees a killer machine (Schwarzenegger) sent back in time to kill the leader of the human revolution while he’s still a child. The Terminator also stars Linda Hamilton as its hero, Sarah Connor.
Six years later (one year before he’d return for Terminator 2), Schwarzenegger starred in Total Recall for director Paul Verhoeven. That film isn’t nearly as iconic as The Terminator, but just because it hasn’t permeated every facet of pop culture doesn’t mean it isn’t great in its own right.
Total Recall follows Schwarzenneger’s Quaid, a man who has memories of Mars implanted in his mind, only for him to seemingly show up on the planet for real. Of course, given the nature of the operation, it’s difficult to tell what’s real and what’s just a dream.
