Where They Went

The Terminator (1984)

Directed by James Cameron

A cyborg assassin and a soldier both arrive from the future in 1984 Los Angeles, one to kill a waitress named Sarah Connor and the other to keep her alive as they flee across the city.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Inferred

    The Terminator materialises beside the observatory and takes a punk's clothes.

  2. 1Downtown alley
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Inferred

    Reese arrives in an alley and escapes the police in stolen clothes.

  3. 2Gun shop
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:11:00
    Inferred

    The Terminator arms itself and kills the shop owner.

  4. 2Big Jeff's diner
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:12:00
    Inferred

    Sarah has a bad shift waitressing and hears that a woman with her name was murdered.

  5. 3Sarah's apartment
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:26:00
    Inferred

    The Terminator kills Sarah's roommate and learns from the answering machine where Sarah is.

  6. 4Tech Noir nightclub
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:32:00
    Stated on screen

    The Terminator finds Sarah at the club and Reese saves her in a gunfight.

  7. 5Police station
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 00:48:00
    Inferred
  8. 6Tiki Motel
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 01:08:00
    Inferred
  9. 7Automated factory
    Los Angeles, California
    ≈ 01:27:00
    Inferred
  10. 8Desert gas station
    Desert road, northern Mexico
    ≈ 01:41:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
344 km
Places
3
Countries
2
Stops
10
  • Car: 335 km
  • Not shown: 9.0 km
  • Motorcycle: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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