Release
Date: May 21, 2009 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: McG Screenwriter: John Brancato, Michael Ferris Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood,
Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander, Helena Bonham Carter Genre: Action, Sci-Fi MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action,
and language) Official Website:
TerminatorSalvation.com
Plot Summary: The highly anticipated new installment of "The Terminator"
film franchise is set in post-apocalyptic 2018. John Connor is the man fated to
lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the
future that Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance
of Marcus Wright, 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.
EN 5 Second Review:
Post Apocalyptic action that we love. Its a little dark
as it should be. It does miss on the humanistic feeling the
first films had, it plays a lot darker which is not a bad
direction for the franchise.
MovieNutz Rating
Guide
It
is a fast, gritty-yet-slick, bombastic modern action film filled with
tortured souls Tom Long: Detroit News
It's not exactly a gas -- how much post-apocalypse fun can
be had? -- but it is often electrifying and always entertaining....more
Who
ever thought in 2003 that we'd look back on Terminator 3:
Rise of the Machines as the good old days? Mick LaSalle: SF Chronicle
McG is a director with an above-average eye and an original
instinct for camera placement. To his credit, he's not one
of those lazy types who think they can generate excitement
in an action sequence by shaking the camera or kicking it.
But he has a major weakness as a filmmaker, and that
weakness is all over "Terminator Salvation": His grand,
elaborate visual sense is completely detached from his brain...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Post Apocalyptic action that we love. Its a little dark
as it should be. It does miss on the humanistic feeling the
first films had, it plays a lot darker which is not a bad
direction for the franchise.
Who
ever thought in 2003 that we'd look back on Terminator 3:
Rise of the Machines as the good old days?
