Decent, but has problems

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 2009)

The Post-Apoclyptic world looks great. It's not like James Cameron's vision, but its a different future. 2018 makes it a good time into the war, with a big gap. But why is it always Los Angeles? How about other cities/countries? The plot was OK, but it had SO many holes in it, that it really sticks out a while after you've seen it. Why is John Connor the ONLY survivor from that first battle? Why is John Connor so suicidal, that he'll jump into a stormy ocean to get to a sub? Why don't the Terminators just kill humans instead of throwing them around? Why did John Connor go alone to Skynet? Why did he meet almost no Terminators there? How could he reprogram and Mototerminator in about 10 seconds? It goes on and on. Now for the characters John Connor was just mediocre, it's how you'd expect him to be by this point. Marcus was an interesting character, being half machine and half human (another series of plot holes with that) and has a bad past. Anton Yelchin was great as Kyle Reese, I could definitely see the Michael Biehn in him. Blair Williams was OK, she was the only one who trusted that Marcus was good. Kate Connor didn't do much and only had a few scenes, same with Barnes (why didn't he just go with John Connor to Skynet?). Many people though of Star as a pointless character. I disagree. She brings innocence to an otherwise dark setting and imagine going through this post-apocalyptic world as a kid? The action/effects were Great, Great, Great. Lots of good action scenes with variety. Thanks to ILM and Stan Winston Studios (May he rest in peace). The Arnold CGI was great and about 95% photo-realistic.Overall, its decent, but far from perfect. It really suffers from a lot of plot holes and choppy pacing. I give it a 7/10.