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The Terminator - Spoilers

posted 12 years ago by edgarman1040
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SPOILERS

Was anyone else reminded of The Terminator when watching Demon Knight? Brayker reminded me a lot of Reese. They both share knowledge concerning the end of the world. Nobody believes them. Everyone else thinks they're the bad guys at first. They're both dealing with a nearly unstoppable foe. They're the main characters throughout most of the movie but eventually the attention begins shifting to a female lead. In the end, both Brayker and Reese die and the new heroine is left to fight the antagonist. I probably saw so many similarities because this is probably a recurring theme that is seen in other movies. Maybe I'm just thinking of any movie where there is a main male protagonist and a main female protagonist and in the end, the male character dies and the female character lives. Aliens comes to mind as well. And I guess the movie borrows from a lot of other movies in the motifs that it uses. The special effects/gore/monsters reminded me a lot of From Dusk 'Till Dawn too. I kept seeing parallels between the two. With that being said, Demon Knight is an awesome badass horror movie.

[–] steven-digby-2 12 years ago

I was reminded of Terminator in that I was reminded of Demon with a Glass Hand. But you make some very good comparisons.

Let's see if anyone tries to kill us and work backwards

[–] bigboss25262 12 years ago

Come to think of it, ur right.

[–] jetairliner 9 years ago

It reminded me of Aliens - the scene with the deputy and Irene, when she pulls the pins on a vest full of grenades while being attacked by demons resembled, frame by frame, the one in Aliens with Gorman and Vasquez.

[–] highway_demon_77 9 years ago

And I guess the movie borrows from a lot of other movies in the motifs that it uses. The special effects/gore/monsters reminded me a lot of From Dusk 'Till Dawn too.

From Dusk 'Til Dawn was released a year later in '96. Anyways, good post.

The box... you opened it, we came.