Bad, But Humorous

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2019)

(12/29/2019). For me, this is the 2nd worst film in the entire 6 volume "Terminator" films. If you go by numbers, only "Terminator Genisys" (2015), is the absolute worst, simply because the crew & director took it completely seriously. It is absolutely woeful. On the other hand, this film is far too comical. For me, I like the original film the most. It was made in 1984. This was a time when James Cameron had very few resources. However, as a result of the commercial success, 2 years later he released "Aliens" (1986); the sequel to Ridley Scott's brilliant 1979 film ("Alien"). Highly successful commercially, plus Sigourney Weaver got a "Best Actress" Oscar nomination. 3 years later he made the most commercially successful of all the "Terminator" films with "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1992). For Cameron, the rest is history. Next came this film, then (the 4th) "Terminator Salvation" (2009) which was very well cast (but no Arnold!), plus it had a decent script. Then the aforementioned (horrible) 5th film, "Terminator Genisys" (2015). Finally, after 3 different directors had poor to mediocre success, James Cameron returns to this genre. It is after he has made "Titanic" (1997) and Avatar" (2009). Only now he has both Arnold Schwarznegger and Linda Hamilton in the 6th (and hopefully last) film in this series with "Terminator: Dark Fate". It was just released (Nov. 1, 2019) to mixed reviews. Regardless, this film has a few decent moments. I do like Arnold, Nick Stahl and Claire Danes. Also, it gave Kristanna Loken a big break.