Official Site: TerminatorSalvation.comRelease Date: May 21, 2009
Director: McG
Main Actors: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood It’s 2018. Judgment Day has passed. The machines have all but obliterated civilization. Pockets of human resistance gather to join Christian Bale’s John Connor, the prophesied leader. However, the Christ-figure has a new future to save, where humans are gathered in mechanical concentration camps for gruesome experimentation and the machine plans to launch its latest Terminator, the T-800 Model 101. In the midst of all this, Connor has to secure the existence of his future father, Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) and contend with Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), an ominous cyborg who thinks he’s human.
Within an instant, dead air is interrupted by the loud, clanging sound of a Terminator unloading pounds of ammo. There are giant Transformers-like robots that crash through ceilings to pluck live humans, automated motorcycles burn through the streets hunting their prey and little metal snakes pounce from underwater and go straight for the face. The Terminators are no longer lean, chrome skeletons but bulky, monstrous figures. There’s no reason for the action junkie to miss out on Terminator Salvation, given the sheer velocity of its first hour and the absolute horror that these gunmetal zombies evoke. As far as loud, explosive, metal-grinding action goes, Terminator Salvation comes a close second to Terminator 2’s epic stunts.
Overall: Is an awesome movie if you enjoyed the action and special effects sequences. But was a bit disappointed on the story lines with too focus on Marcus Wright rather than Conner. Thus the real characters of this movie are Reese and Wright, the latter whom is a cyborg suffering from Blade Runner-like existential issues. sigh..
