Okay action flick, but less than I expected...

Rating: 6/10 (8 June 2009)

With Terminator Salvation the film franchise now moves away from time-travel to deal with the battle with the machines from the more relevant viewpoint. While the post-apocalyptic world of the fourth Terminator movie has its charm it wears out quickly after which we're left with a very standard type of action movie.
The character of Marcus Wright was clearly the focus of the film and while he was interesting enough on his own as the film reaches its final act it begins to dawn that he is in the movie to serve a very obvious purpose. Neither John Connor nor Kyle Reese stand out as great characters. Christian Bale and Anton Yelchin have faces fit for big action-movies but as characters they unfortunately fall to the sidelines.
Aside the action-scenes the most fun I had while watching the movie was spotting references to the old Terminator movies. The problem with this is also the main problem of the film itself, it's not the first tree movies. I'm a fan of the first one so it's hard to be objective but certainly this movie didn't exceed its excellence. The second one isn't my favorite but I thought it and the third movie out shined this one for over-all entertainment value.
Terminator Salvation is definitely a good movie on its own but as a continuation of the legacy of the Terminator film-series it falls short of its predecessors and becomes just another chapter, not an epic.