Misguided film

Rating: 6/10 (21 March 2020)

McG wasn't the right guy for this film. Simple. The short comings of the storyline and script are just from a lack of experience, or arrogance. The film looks amazing, that's the DP work, and it looks like the end of the world. The film is too safe. The original film focus on Marcus sounded more interesting, that would ensure the prophet and legend of John Connor stayed in the background. There's a lot of well staged action, but it's surrounded by dull story beats. A writer and director like Cameron is a tough act to follow, so I'm amazed all these filmmakers attempt to recreate the series, it should've ended with Judgement Day, or Cameron should've done number 3. This failed to connect and as a fan it's easy to see why. I disliked it more on release, but I think it's not as horrible as I remembered. It's just not a Terminator film.