Terminator Salvation

After the debacle of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator really needed a reboot to the franchise. And what a way to do it.

Salvation starts from halfway through the war between the Resistance and the Machines, as called in the film, set in 2018. Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the accidental leader of the Resistance, and there was some controversy with this appointment. In T3, John Connor is around 19 years old, and he looks nothing like Christian Bale. But they chose Christian Bale. That aside, he did play the role very well, besides his voice which was like The Dark Knight reincarnated. That growl that I personally found very annoying. But ho hum, he'll have to do.

The action epic that is Terminator certainly improved compared to T3 and The Terminator, but it seems unlikely that anything will match Judgement Day, but Salvation certainly has a good go at it. The action is brilliant, with all the fire, explosions and guns you could want in a film, and, fair play to the guy, Sam Worthington was brilliant in it. It was very clever by the Producers dodging the not-having-Arnie (even though he does turn up in the last half hour) barrier. It seems Terminator 5 will be the conclusion to the iconic series, and I'm most certainly sticking around to see it.

Terminator Salvation gets 7.1/10.

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