While T-3 nearly failed at giving a good look at the near-end of Humanity by SKYNET It did succeed, barely, and that is saying something. McG's "Terminator Salvation" delivers the beginning of the end of the war for Earth and the survival of mankind. But while this is what Terminator fans have been waiting for for almost twenty-five years it falters on many levels and almost falls flat on it's face when it needs to stand strong, but none the less It's an entertaining entry in the long beloved genre.







"Terminator Salvation" while nowhere near as good as "The Terminator" and "Terminator 2:Judgment Day" It does give us what we want and delivers what it promises. An action packed, mind blowing action/ adventure but even that may not please you if your a first timer or not a faithful lover of the first three you may not be too pleased with the robotic script and acting, but like the third this one doesn't truly disappoint it just doesn't live up to the story as well as it should. But all in all it's a pretty good installment in the new trilogy and a good continuation of the original story but it falls short far too many times to really be called great.




Chrsitian Bale who rocks as Batman but fails to impress as the legendary John Connor, his performance is too mechanical and only helps in bringing down the film instead of lifting it too new heights. Sam Worthington (who I have never heard of until I saw this movie.) Is actually the savior of this film his performance is more human and emotional and he alone saves this film from being a total waste of 200 million dollars. But all in all the cast does pretty good, most of them saving the film others bringing it down but mostly they do alright in this and make this actioneer a must see.





McG's "Terminator Salvation" is taunt, gritty, atmospheric, stylish and a thought out film, but not thought out well enough when being filmed. It falls short in some parts and in others in soars.But all in all T-4 is a must see action film steeped in dark nostalgia of the old films and a high grade visual style that will enthrall you if not make you completely forget about the bad script and robotic acting, "Terminator Salvation" delivers.

Terminator Salvation with its endless action scenes and big explosions feels more like a video game than a movie. The rusty script, involves a continuing battle between man and machine, except that this time round it's set in 2018.

The world lies in ruins inhabited by giant robots, and self-prophesied leader of the human resistance John Connor – played by Christian Bale – is still delivering dull radio broadcasts.

On this adventure, JC must locate teenager Kyle Reese and infiltrate Skynet Headquarters. By way of new characters, you have the mysterious warrior Marcus Wright (played by Sam Worthington), a former Death Row inmate who harbors a dark secret.

Packed with fast-paced action scenes in which characters are stalked by massive robots, chased by super-fast motorbikes, and attacked by snake-like mechanical creatures in a lake, Terminator Salvation has little in terms of plot and lots by way of exciting set-pieces. Unfortunately, that doesn't a good film make.

This fourth installment in the Terminator series has almost none of that fearless spirit that made the first two movies – particularly T2 – so much fun. It's remarkably shot, though, in varying shades of grey, khaki and sepia; and it knocks you on the head with its never-ending assault of high-octane action. If that's your thing, give this film a chance.

I'll go with two out of five and at best an average rating for Terminator Salvation.

Judging by Christian Bale's permanent scowl in this film, I can only assume it was as difficult making this film as it was watching it.

Rating: 2 / 5 (Average)

Here we have the 4th instalment of the Terminator films and after the 3rd we needed a serious pick-me up, i wasnt left disappointed.

One important fact is that fans will want to see the directors cut here and not all links are the full dir cut. the time frame difference is around 2mins 55secs between the theatrical cut and the dir cut. The difference visually between the 2 isnt a great deal and doesnt affect the story really. There are 16 cut scenes and 3 alternate shots equating to the 2 mins 55 secs. The dir cut runs for around 1 hour 57 mind and the theatrical cut runs for around 1 hour 54 mins. At the time of viewing here, versions 3, 12, 14 & 17 are the dir cuts. Just look out for the running time when viewing or buffering up.

Seeing as this is a prequel, the absence of Schwarzenegger had to be backed up by someone who can pull off being a big hit on screen and who better than Christian Bale as John Connor. With brilliant performances in The Machinist & The Dark Knight it was going to be hard work and being over shadowed slightly by the character Marcus made it even harder. I felt that both characters seemed to give off this annoying back throat grunt whenever they spoke but over all gave good performances.

I found the Moto-terminators, Harvester and Aerostats brilliant & are certainly the highlights giving a great feeling to the audience that every Terminator movie rightly deserves. There are scenes with some of the most powerful and volatile explosions that Hollywood has seen, especially when the humanoid harvest fires.

I can safely say that Terminator Salvation isn't the worst Terminator movie, that honour goes to Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. It was going to be pretty impossible to beat Terminator 2: Judgement Day and the first Terminator film was the original outing and brilliant, without it there would be no further movies so has to sit behind Judgement Day i felt leaving Salvation having to sit in 3rd place.

Overall, definitely recommended for sure. 8.5/10

no. the hype for this was a bunch of bull. so bored after ten minutes i stopped watching and had to keep reminding myself to tune back into the film. do not waste your time watching this, you will only get bored and annoyed at the big finish you wait for never arrives. crap.

The fourth installment of the Terminator series follows an adult John Connor (played by Christian Bale) as he attempts to organize a human resistance force which could prove to be mankind's last true hope in the war against the machines. Opening in the year 2018, Terminator Salvation finds John Connor's certainty about the future shaken by the sudden appearance of a mysterious stranger named Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), whose last memory is of sitting on death row and awaiting execution. Unable to determine whether Marcus was sent from the future or rescued from the past, Connor begins to wonder whether there is still any hope left for the human race as the robots grow more powerful and aggressive than ever before. It appears that Skynet is preparing a devastating final attack designed to eliminate the human resistance once and for all, leaving Connor and Marcus with no choice but to strike back at the cybernetic heart of Skynet's operations. Once there, the two battle-scarred soldiers discover a devastating secret regarding the potential annihilation of all humankind. Anton Yelchin fills Michael Biehn's shoes as a young Kyle Reese in the first installment of a planned Terminator trilogy from director McG (Charlie's Angels). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Well the review im going to give this film is good i realy liked this to be honest i prefure this one more than the old ones and i know Arnie not in this one but what can wait well he is in it but he is anmated but its a very good if i must say the cast of this film i must i exxeclent Christion bale and Sam worthington are great actors in my eyes. For example Bale in the batman films The dark knight and batman begiuns and if you havent seen them i tottely recomend them to you and Sam in Avator hes just great and he's on Clash of titens which i also recomend them to because there some of my most favourite films in the world. So to sum up terminator great film loved it to bits 10/10 from me.

This was a well needed film to recouperate the series after we suffered Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines! This is one of my all time favourites, the film lived up to and surpassed all my expectations with Sam Worthington and Christian Bale delivering a stunning performance in my opinion. A strong plot to stitched with amazing fight scenes and action sequences. However, there is only one thing i dont understand about the whole film series, im the first 3 Terminators, Future soldiers use plasma rifles to fight the machines but in this one, they were using ordinary machine guns.

Rated: 12A for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language.


In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

The film also stars Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese, Charlotte Gainsbourg as Kate Connor, Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams, Common as Barnes, and Jadagrace as Star. --© Warner Bros

I just got back from seeing a midnight screening of the newest installment in The Terminator franchise, going into it with an open mind after witnessing the debacle that was T3 several years ago. Having said this, I honestly felt at though this movie did a fantastic job of translating the visions of the future that were set up in the original Terminator and T2 and fleshing out a feature-length film of them. While there indeed a few "what in the hell were they thinking" moments in the chase scenes, I felt that on the whole, the movie was a wonderful success, gripping me in a way that T3 never came close to. I truly hope prospective viewers give this film the shot that it rightly deserves and go into it with an open mind, and are able to just sit back and enjoy the ride...its a terrific one, trust me. Leaving the theater, I honestly felt as though this one gave the first two a run for their money as a film, as much as it pained me to say it. Truly a magnificent job breathing life into a series that could have very easy been done in once and for all with another terrible installment.

Considering that he's part of the dreaded "MTV Generation" of filmmakers, McG is surprisingly old-school when it comes to his framing: no jumpy Michael Bay antics or hypercutting Paul Greengrass mimicries. He is a far more organic director, letting the action sequences play out naturally. It's his execution that's at fault: the action itself. He piles explosions on top of other explosions and machines slamming into other machines, backed by the deafening cues of Danny Elfman's score, and I'm pretty sure Christian Bale had a yelling stipulation written into his contract. Everything's loud, intense, bombastic. You can't accuse McG of copying Jim Cameron's first two flicks — or even Jonathan Mostow's goofy third — but you're left wishing he'd perfected his own style before tackling such an ambitious project and producing, as a result, a frustratingly passable action-thriller.

McG cites Cormac McCarthy's The Road as an influence on his movie, and it shows. The world is bleak and starved and seems to have a post-fallout hue cast over it. Yet somehow the female lead, Moon Bloodgood, always looks like she's just gotten done applying makeup and iron curling her hair. (Not to mention, based on her outfits, she must have found the only mall outlet that hadn't yet been raided by pillagers.)

Bloodgood is a great example of the movie's ill tendencies — sad to say, she personifies them. I've seen her interviewed and she's as likable as could be, but she's an awful actress, and her entire role could have been excluded from Terminator Salvation leaving in its absence a tightened film and less predictable subplot, which is this: the cyborg-who-doesn't-know-he's-a-cyborg, Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), falls for her. And she falls for him. And like Sarah Connor at the end of T2, she is forced to confront the spiritual conundrum of what truly separates man from machine.

But here's the thing: isn't that such a cliché? If done well, it could be as touching as T2 was; if done poorly, it can be a disastrous reminder of Short Circuit 2. Unfortunately, McG hasn't a clue how to handle his characters' interactions, and so we get very heavy-handed intermissions featuring Worthington saying some pretty cringe-worthy stuff. One campfire sequence is so unintentionally funny that I truly felt sorry for McG, in the same way you'd feel compassion for a young boy naively attempting to, I don't know, shave or something. At first it's cute, like, Oh, look, he doesn't realize that he's too young to shave. Then it's like, Oh, crap, he just cut his neck.

But I'm under-selling the movie's positive attributes, which are the action sequences. Too loud, maybe, but a whole lot of fun. The special effects on the Terminators are solid, and McG throws in plenty of nods to the older films without all of them seeing too forced (we even find out how the adult Connor from T2 got his scar — a level of detail proving that McG really is a fanboy himself), and Anton Yelchin, who I despised as a precocious kid shrink in 2007's Charlie Bartlett, is fantastic in the role of Kyle Reese, effectively channeling Michael Biehn from the first movie.

Audiences will connect with Marcus because he represents the viewers. We're thrust into this new world just as suddenly as he is, and in his bewilderment and confusion, we find our parallel. With Avatar's release later this year, Worthington will most likely be the Next Big Thing, and is essentially - in this film, anyway - what Heath Ledger was to Christian Bale in The Dark Knight.

And so we arrive at Bale: he plays John Connor. But here's the thing about John Connor: he's really not that interesting. That's an obvious flaw, perhaps: if you woke up every morning knowing you were the saviour of the human species, would you be a fun guy to hang around with? Probably not. In that regard, Bale nails Connor: intense, passionate and dry without an ounce of self-reference or levity. He never steps back and winks at us, and even his brief dialogue retread ("I'll be back") feels legitimate, spared of Arnie's corny delivery from T3. This guy means business. That's what you're left with, but without a compelling enough story, who really cares? Bale will be massacred by overzealous blog culture critics who've been waiting for months to crack jokes about his leaked on-set rant, but he extracts every ounce of potential from the character and - to that extent - gives a fantastic performance. The bottom line is that John Connor as a religious figure in the Terminator universe has no room for expansion, and unless McG were to fundamentally change the dynamics of the character, a post-Judgment Day Connor is not going to connect with audiences. That's precisely why Cameron never envisioned taking the series this far: the impending doom of Judgment Day in the original series always felt far more intimidating than the reality of it. The brief glimpse of nuclear holocaust in the first two movies was eerie and scary because of its fleeting nature; keeping in tune with his religious allegories, Judgment Day was to the Terminator universe what Revelations is to fundamentalists: that big, frightening end for humanity that we must all live in awareness of. Seeing it unfold kind of takes away the charm, you know? So although Terminator Salvation is somewhat competently made and an entertaining enough action spectacle, giving this much away just feels a bit self-defeating. What if the End of Days occurred tomorrow, Jesus revealed himself unto us all and the remaining human beings left on earth were forced into resistance camps? Would anyone still be reading the Bible?