Did the war really end?

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2009)

Well, the trailers of the movie sounded as if the war against machines was going to "end tonight". But none of that happened. And if you dig a little further into the Terminator movies, nothing actually happened in T4. While T1 and T3 were defining moments in the war against machines - T1 resulted in the birth of the resistance while T3 resulted in John becoming the leader of the resistance - T2 and T4 are just movies with a lot of action. There are no defining moments in these two movies. And there are a lot of similarities too - T1 and T3 showcased Terminators with absolutely no heart while T2 and T4 showcases humane terminators. I do not know if these were intentionally done and the makers of T4 succeed only on this front. I think that a very strong director can alone handle T5. Otherwise, the plot might be lost!