"Salvation" makes T3 look like a masterpiece

Rating: 1/10 (23 May 2009)

I had never walked out on a movie before Terminator Salvation. There is simply nothing positive to say about the latest installment, least of which the casting, acting and plot in general. Certainly Christian Bale's worst performance to date. He seemed to have difficulty controlling the volume of his voice. The most frustrating thing about this flick is that there was so much potential to revitalize the franchise after the train wreck that was the third Terminator film. It's a shame that production companies are too preoccupied with raking in box office dollars then actually producing a good film. But I suppose that is the standard these days. Salvation had its moments (albeit only a couple action sequences that were far too short), but the scenes jumped around within themselves far too much with little explanation to the goings-on. The self proclaimed "McG" should stick to developing horrible teenage dramas like the OC, because he certainly did a fine job tearing apart what could have been an amazing story. I can't imagine James Cameron is impressed, and neither should the movie-going public. To those on this forum praising Salvation, you must have watched a different film. I certainly wish I did.