Terminator: Salvation2009
Action
Christian Bale, Sam Worthington
Out of all the blockbusters to come out this summer (star Trek, Transformers 2, etc.), Terminator: Salvation (TS) was actually the one I was most excited to see. Of course I couldn't find anyone that wanted to see it with me, so I never got the chance to see it in theatres. Finally it has come out on DVd so I enjoyed it in the comfort of my own home, alone.
In Terminator 1 a T-1000 Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) before she gives birth to her son John Connor, because in the future he stops the Terminators and Skynet (a big evil computer basically) from wiping out all of humanity and taking over the Earth. In Terimator 2 John Connor sends a reprogrammed T-1000 (Arnold again) back in time to protect his mother and himself from an improved T-1000 (Robert Patrick), so that he stays alive long enough to stop Skynet and the machines in the future. Got it? Good, you are up to speed. Yes, there is a Terminator 3 movie, but we will not worry about that right now.
TS takes place in the future. None of the time travelers from the previous movies achieved their goals, and the machines did rise up and attack humanity, and John Connor is still alive leading the human resistance. So basically the plot of the movie follows John Connor (Christian Bale) in the year 2018, leading the resistance and looking for ways to stop Skynet and the machines from wiping out all of humanity. During the course of the movie he runs into Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington). Marcus is confused by the world around him because the last thing he remembers is the year 2003 when no one knew anything about Skynet. It eventually turns out that Marcus is actually a robot who thinks he is still human, so he must choose to side with the humans (which he thinks he is).
Bale and Worthington as the two leads do a fine job. Nothing Oscar worthy or mind blowing, but they were both good and believable. All the actors had to do here was do a servicable job acting, because the action is the real star here. Since this was a summer blockbuster there were a lot of explosions and special effects. I am happy to report that all the explosions and effects looked great. I am not sure how they do the effects on Terminator robots, but it still looks awesome, just like it did in T1 and T2. The only bad effects are on a T-1000 terminator who looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since Arnold wasn't available to act in the movie its all CGI and looks kind of fake for the time it is on screen.
This isn't the best Terminator movie, but it is the best war movie about man fighting machine (if that makes sense). This is basically a good old style summer blockbuster in every way. So try not to scrutinize the plot too hard (any movie involving time travle does not hold up too well to that), just sit back and enjoy the robot exploding fun. Could they have made a better Terminator movie set after "Judgement Day"? Sure, but this one is pretty solid for what it is (light on mythology, high on action).
3 out of 5 Stars
(This was originally suppose to be the first of a new Terminator trilogy from director McG, but this one was not a huge success and recently the rights of the Terminator franchise have moved to another studio, so chances are we will not see the next two in this series.)
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In Terminator 1 a T-1000 Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) before she gives birth to her son John Connor, because in the future he stops the Terminators and Skynet (a big evil computer basically) from wiping out all of humanity and taking over the Earth. In Terimator 2 John Connor sends a reprogrammed T-1000 (Arnold again) back in time to protect his mother and himself from an improved T-1000 (Robert Patrick), so that he stays alive long enough to stop Skynet and the machines in the future. Got it? Good, you are up to speed. Yes, there is a Terminator 3 movie, but we will not worry about that right now.
TS takes place in the future. None of the time travelers from the previous movies achieved their goals, and the machines did rise up and attack humanity, and John Connor is still alive leading the human resistance. So basically the plot of the movie follows John Connor (Christian Bale) in the year 2018, leading the resistance and looking for ways to stop Skynet and the machines from wiping out all of humanity. During the course of the movie he runs into Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington). Marcus is confused by the world around him because the last thing he remembers is the year 2003 when no one knew anything about Skynet. It eventually turns out that Marcus is actually a robot who thinks he is still human, so he must choose to side with the humans (which he thinks he is).
Bale and Worthington as the two leads do a fine job. Nothing Oscar worthy or mind blowing, but they were both good and believable. All the actors had to do here was do a servicable job acting, because the action is the real star here. Since this was a summer blockbuster there were a lot of explosions and special effects. I am happy to report that all the explosions and effects looked great. I am not sure how they do the effects on Terminator robots, but it still looks awesome, just like it did in T1 and T2. The only bad effects are on a T-1000 terminator who looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since Arnold wasn't available to act in the movie its all CGI and looks kind of fake for the time it is on screen.
This isn't the best Terminator movie, but it is the best war movie about man fighting machine (if that makes sense). This is basically a good old style summer blockbuster in every way. So try not to scrutinize the plot too hard (any movie involving time travle does not hold up too well to that), just sit back and enjoy the robot exploding fun. Could they have made a better Terminator movie set after "Judgement Day"? Sure, but this one is pretty solid for what it is (light on mythology, high on action).
3 out of 5 Stars
(This was originally suppose to be the first of a new Terminator trilogy from director McG, but this one was not a huge success and recently the rights of the Terminator franchise have moved to another studio, so chances are we will not see the next two in this series.)
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