While endless praise and acclaim has been lavished on Arnie over the years, we should never forget that Kyle Reese was the original time-travelling hero. Sarah Conner’s (and all humanity’s) one hope of survival, Reese is one man protection racket, stopping what appears to be the unstoppable. A human resistance soldier fighting under (his son) John Conner, Reese comes from a future where machines have all but wiped out the human race and so he is physically, emotionally and mentally hardened, but eventually falls for Sarah and ends up giving his life for her when they are forced to face the Terminator. When it comes to man verses machine, Reese scores one for the oxygen stealers.