The fate of Chrysler is too tangible here too!

Rating: 5/10 (10 June 2009)

It is very difficult to properly evaluate the fourth part, but it is definitely NOT the good old Arnie' s vehicle- he does pop up for a brief moment though! - and one of the essential Sci-fi movies ever . Its brightest side is undoubtedly the scenery ,i.e. the movie takes place in the future when the nuclear war has devastated almost everything, and more or less unconnected bands of humans are roaming this radioactive wasteland in the veritable Mad Max fashion , thus becoming easy prey for all kinds of robotic enemies , from very flexible ˝ biker ˝ ones , to some sort of nasty looking quasi-fish entities ,to 'HQs' and my favorite ones , namely giant human harvesters. But , and this is its main flaw, you barely get to see the standard T-800, and only one T-600 that soon gets hilariously whacked off , and where are the waves of aforementioned T-800s that we are so familiar with from previous installments anyway ? And , secondly, humans have not fared so poorly , possessing choppers , Thunderbolt planes, an intact and quite a modern and fully operational airport and ,yes, even a sub ,acting as their headquarters! Nuclear destruction would look much more thorough and terrifying, as is depicted in other Terminators! Acting is rather average, and the only one standing out is H.B. Carter as a Cyberdine-Skynet scientist with a secret , and if there is to be a sequel to this , I expect her in a leading role!Briefly, visually stunning , thanks to ILM and Stan Winston Studios, otherwise too much Sarah Connor Chronicles , it should have been branded 18 , as this is NOT your standard Saturday afternoon TV fare!
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